I got some funny comments on my last post about acronyms. If you haven't seen them, scroll down to yesterday and look at the comments. The are ROLF LOL funny. And since many of you would be in my BFF category if we were still in high school, I can tell you that the sudden popularity of that acronym and my Army background led to a very funny exchange between my youngest daughter and I.
Three years ago when she was sixteen and I had just re-enlisted, Lisa referred to her best friend Claire as her BFF. At the time, the Army was flooding back into my mind and I was not yet texting or on Facebook. Lisa played three seasons of sports since the sixth grade. This meant she rode the bus with middle school then high school boys to away games. So she knew all the vocabulary I was hearing again. When I heard BFF I knew the last letter was for friend. Claire had been Lisa's best friend for years. In an unofficial Army acronym, the F in the middle can only refer to one word.
'WTF?' I thought. Was Lisa using Army acronyms? Should I be worried. So I said, "Lisa does BFF really mean Best F--ing Friend?" She looked puzzled, then amused. "Dad. Best Friends Forever. LOL."
OMG did I ever screw that one up!
Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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