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March 23, 2005
TFTWND
Lani, acronymically challenged...
Okay. Day 8 of The Flu That Would Not Die. This is what happens when Moms get sick. It lasts forever because we always have to take care of everyone else, who are all healthy, by the way. A typical interaction in my household...
KID: Mommy. I want a sandwich.
ME: Gee. I'd like to breathe again.
KID: Mommy. I said I was hungry.
ME: Sorry. Didn't hear you. I was transfixed by the white light.
KID:
ME: Peanut butter and jelly okay?
Hence, TFTWND...
... which stands for The Flu That Would Not Die, and my use of the acronym (that is what they're called, right? There isn't some fancy internet abbreviation for it?) shows that I've been on the internet just a hair past way to friggin' long.
The funny thing? I don't even like internet acronyms. But I use 'em. They've snuck into my vocabulary in the same insidious manner as "totally" and "psyched" did in the eighties, and now that they're there, I find myself using them without thinking. I have, however, been able to avoid using "U" for "you" and "R" for "are" and any number-letter combination ala "Sk8r". My standards may be minimal, but they're there.
You know, I never would have suspected how much of my adult life would be spent trying to read e-mail like it was a vanity license plate. I spent an entire year wondering what YMMV* meant. So now I use them, all the time, just to make up all the time I spent scratching my head going, "What the hell does ROFLMAO** stand for?" I'm still behind the curve. As soon as I think I have a grip, a new one shows up. It's a whole new language, and quite frankly, I was having enough trouble with the original one, thankyouverymuch. I still haven't mastered the difference in usage between "affect" and "effect"*** and now I'm supposed to know what random configurations of initials are supposed to stand for? Does no one remember how annoying the kid from "Sleepless in Seattle" was?
AN.****
* Your Mileage May Vary. You're welcome.
** Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off. For when LOL just won't do...
*** Don't bother trying to explain. I'll just screw it up. Brain's too old to get it now.
**** Apparently Not.
Posted by Lani at 8:18 AM | Comments (3)
Comments
Just testing the commenting...
Posted by: Lani at March 23, 2005 8:14 PM
I remember her! And I have a teenage daughter that gave me a hard time because I won't type IMs to her (in the other room) using U and R and all that. I told her I took a year of typing in high school so I could actually write words.
Posted by: Nancy Brandt at March 24, 2005 9:13 AM
Ok- Lani- just stopping by to see how things are going.. thought I'd give you another acronym.. one that I'm sure everyone has experienced once in their life:
LSHIF
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Laughing So Hard I Fart
So now that I've dropped the IQ level in this comment down to rock-bottom- I bid you adieu.. Hope you're over the freakin flu thing.
Posted by: Bob at March 24, 2005 6:42 PM
