pretty Fly for a white chick. LOL.

I made this little cutsy thing a few months ago (Saturday craft day where all you have to do is paint and glue). It's home is on a shelf in our loft and it never reads as it should.
My boys have fun mixing the letters around. When I saw "I am Fly" I knew they were their father's sons. Aaron refers to himself and others as FLY often. In fact, on our first date instead of kissing me at the door, he told me I was "pretty fly for a white chick". Come to find out, he says that to every girl he meets.
Anyway, most of the time these letters are complete rubbish, but every once in a while I catch myself trying to make sense of the new phrase. It drives me bonkers-- not that my kids mix them up but that I spend my day thinking of what those jumbled letters could possibly stand for. I think my favorite jumble is i-Flamy... because it reminds me of the old Flamer-Bamer post (which I won't link or talk about ever again. ahem.)
Anyway, this got me thinking about the acronyms that have consumed not only our teenage texting world, but are common everyday internet slang. I have never LOL and vow that I never will. Don't get me wrong, I laugh all the time, I just don't LOL. I will FYI and JK and FHE and BFF and ASAP and BYOM, I just don't acronym when it stands for something stupid...
LOL isn't as bad as LOLOLOLOLOL. But it's much better than ROFL. Raise your hand if you've ever gotten down on the floor and rolled around because something was so hilarious you just couldn't stand up anymore. Who came up with that anyway? And LMAO makes me swear in my head every time I see it, but doesn't get under my skin like OMG and WTF. These bother me not because of the swearing itself but because people who don't typically swear use the terms loosely... as if it they are "righteous" bad asses or something.

I thought I wrote this on the blog somewhere, but can't find it anymore... So I will tell you again. My husband's co-worker thought that LOL stood for "Lots of Love" and would LOL anytime she heard bad news. A friend emailed her details of her father's funeral and she respond "LOL". Now that's LMAO funny (but not quite ROFL material).

Why can't we use accurate acronyms?? We need shortcuts for things that we actually say! I have decided to come up with my own list. These are a few acronyms I would love to see out in cyberspace:

• TMMS= that made me smile.
• LOTI= laughing on the inside.
• IDGI= I don't get it.
• 2ThsUP= 2 thumbs up.
• NBD= no big deal.
• FCOL= for crying out loud!
• MYOB= mind your own beeswax.
• LLPOF= liar, liar pants on fire.
• EYHO= eat your heart out.
• 2MLSS= to make a long story short.
• ImAE= I'm all ears.
• IDDDU= I double dog dare you.
• KOW= knock on wood.
• H2B= Heavens to Besty.
• KYCU= Keep your chin up.
• YHAFIM= You have a friend in me.
• B2TB= bad to the bone.
• PU= that stinks!
• IBAMU= I'll be a monkey's uncle.
• IFS4U= I feel sorry for you.
• GOYHH= Get off your high horse.
• INJBS@U= I'm not just blowing smoke at you.
• WBTP=waiting by the phone.
• IWBRB= I will be right back.
• QYB= Quit your bellyaching
• KYFC= Keep your fingers crossed.
• BAAE= bald as an eagle.
• IGNF= I'm getting nowhere fast.
• H2RtG= Have to run the gauntlet.
• ICISIC= I came, I saw, I conquered.
• NPNG= No pain, no gain.
• OMDB= Over my dead body.
• BITGOD= Back in the good old days.
• OMTIAMT= One man's trash is another man's treasure.
• BSD= Back Seat Driver.
• URTWL= You are the weakest link.
• IYPWFYGGB= if you play with fire you're gonna get burned.
• AAUSR= Ask and you shall receive.
• BLTN= better late than never.
• BSTS= better safe than sorry.
• LOTBS= Look on the bright side.
• YITDG= You're in the dog house.
• IWCTBWIC2I= I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
• ULLC= You look like crap.
• FRF= Families are forever.
• MTW= Mums the word.
• DYOG= Dig your own grave.
• BAL= Break a leg.
• A&K= Alive and kicking.
• FAAP= Flat as a pancake.
• H&M= High and mighty (not to be confused with the store.)
• IAOTTFLS= It ain't over til the fat lady sings.
• OCW= opening a can of worms.
• IWACOITW= It will all come out in the wash.
• LMA= Leave me alone.
• T2HTS= Time to hit the sack.
• YMGLT= You might get lucky tonight.
• TFTMT= thanks for telling me that. (something we say to our kids after a long drawn-out explanation of something of no importance.)
• CTS= Cut the shenanigans.
• KYSO= knock your socks off.
• ILU4T= I love you for trying.
• IITYO,ITYATT= If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times.
• MMW= mark my words.
• EYD= Eat your dinner.
• SinTO= Sit in time out.
• SHYB= Stop hitting your brother.
• DYFTD?= Did you feed the dog?
• V4M&AYWDWCT= vote for me & all your wildest dreams will come true.
  

These are just off the top of my head. Imagine what I could do if I had more time! I would turn this nonsensical internet slang language into something worth using. How does an acronym catch on, anyway? And does the person who comes up with it get paid? TITQ= that is the question.

PS=Post Script. the picture above has nothing to do with this subject, but I wanted to LUK= let you know, that I bought this book at the library for a quarter. I will LUK what I learned after I RTB= read the book. STD=stay tuned.

PPS= Post Post Script. my camera is OILL= On It's Last Leg. But we DH2N2RT= don't have two nickels to rub together, so you will have to suffer with terrible quality pictures until HFO= Hell freezes over. DJM = Don't judge me.