STG It's Time To Up Your Acronym Game - IYKYK
Brushing up on our acronyms because “brb” and “omfg” are giving dusty
As we age we find ourselves in all sorts of ruts. Fashion ruts, activity ruts, *make-up ruts, romance ruts, coffee order ruts and even acronym ruts. We’ve honed in on our likes and dislikes but familiarity can quickly become monotony. So let me ask you this — have you even attempted to expand your acronym palate or are you still firing off the same old: TGIF, ASAP and OMG?
* If you are in a make-up rut please follow make-up artist, Erica Taylor on TikTok. She speaks a mile-a-min and drops hard hitting tips for the 40 and over set. The video below is all about placement honey! Spoiler alert - our apples are falling.
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So let’s dive into some new acronyms! It’s hard to be a beginner. It’s daunting not to know. That’s why at How To Be Less Old - we do things together!
Today our goal is to learn a new acronym or two and take them out for a spin. Have a little fun. Get a little crazy. Speaking of crazy I completely forgot what the acronym SNAFU stood for — “Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.” It’s kind of a banger. Where did it originate from you might be asking yourself.
SNAFU was originally a World War II-era military acronym standing for "situation normal: all fouled up” although stronger language was frequently used in place of the word "fouled".
That’s hot. Side-note military folk love an acronym. I was working on a project for a group of marines and had the honor of being cc’d onto an email. Opening line — ALCON (all concerned) followed by an AWOL (absent without leave) and OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense). The one that lit me all the way up was BLUF (bottom line up front) whewww I looked that up and felt ALIVE! When you see BLUF in the email - thats the main purpose baby. Still gives me a jolt.
So what is new in the world of abbreviated words that form a pronounceable word? Of course I reached out to a few youths to see what was cooking. I texted Emma W. to see if she had a beat on WSG, SYAU, ATP and WYO.
Emma W. (13) heyyy wsg is what’s good, no idea what syau is, atp idk but otp is on the phone, and idk wyo but wya is where you at, afk is away from keyboard but i haven’t heard it since my roblox days like no one uses it anymore hah
So much to sift through.
WSG - what’s good
OTP - on the phone
WYA - where you at
AFK - away from keyboard
I can say with utter certainty that if I texted any of these acronyms to anyone I know they would think it was a typo. With that said, I’m most drawn to WYA. It feels like a fun way to find out where someone is on a Friday night. Just drop a cute — WYA.
I have been OTP with apple support for weeks. I’ve clocked many hours with many senior advisors. My contacts are not speaking to the cloud. It’s actually too annoying to talk about but please trust I’ve been — OTP.
As for the others I needed a little help from our dear friend Googlelina.
SYAU - shut your ass up
ATP - at this point
WYO - what you on?
Okay these are all really making me sit up straight! SYAU applies to 83% of the internet right now. Concise and spicy. Love it. WYO is also helpful during this hellfire of a time we are living in.
I reached out to Lilah T. (16) to see what acronyms she was using. This is our text exchange:
Lilah T. (16)
umm i use stg and smh a lot I think. swear to god and shaking my head
Deanna C. (n/a)
So sad for myself that I couldn’t figure out swear to god .
Was thinking it was shut the…gap.
The title of this posts features STG and IYKYK
STG - swear to god
IYKYK - if you know you know
Let’s commit to taking at least one of these new acronyms out for a spin this week! Here goes a test run:
ATP I’ve been AFK for so long I forgot to text you back. WSG? I’m thinking of getting a salad from Mendocino Farms. STG they make the best caesar salads. IYKYN. If you mention the calories in the dressing I’m going to SYAU.
Scene.
“FML”... It’s learning another foreign language!!!
I’m going to need to do some sight reading practice on these