Linda’s SoCS prompt…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “acronym’.” Choose an acronym and use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
Acronyms are everywhere, nowadays. In work, and even personal life.
I’m the EYFS Phase Leader in school (Early Years Foundation Stage).
I just completed the EYFSP for all my students. (The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile).
The children enjoy ChIP time daily. Child Initiated Providion, aka. Their own choice of activities.
Just yesterday we were talking about data and FFT… (don’t ask me, I haven’t a clue!)
And in daily life, Millennial text speak is filled with acronyms, too.
BFF, BFFR, FOMO, MILF 🙈…
I learn new ones from my kids all the time! And there have been countless occasions when I’ve heard acronyms on videos and needed to look them up. I just about keep up.
It makes it even harder for the older generations to keep up, too. Fine. They know what the NHS stands for and common acronyms that are used daily.
But then their grandchildren throw new ones in and they get confused, or find their own meetings.
Kinda funny story: Pops took a while to get into texting and WhatsApp and when he learned about them, he was all for using the various acronyms he had learned, which was cute, including when he got the meanings a little mixed up. But it was to us, and we understood his meanings and intentions!
Then one day, I got a message from him telling me about someone in the distant family who had passed away. He signed off LOL.
Okay, we all know that means Laugh Out Loud.
I called him straight away.
Me: Pops, you didn’t send that message to anyone else, outside of our little family, did you?
Pops: Yes. I sent it to everyone who needed to know.
Me: Pops, did you add LOL?
Pops: Yes. Because it means Lots Of Love.
Me: (squirms slightly) Er, Pops. You just sent a death announcement followed by Laughs Out Loud!
Pops: But I thought…
Me: Yes, I know what you thought. And we never corrected you, because we knew what you meant. However, others might find your message sign off a bit… Weird!
Bless him.
It didn’t put him off, though. Now he experiments with emojis and even sends messages to one of his sisters, purely in emoji form. They might not make sense to us but between the two of them, a Septagenarian and an Octagenarian, they seen to know what they mean… Good luck to them both!
Right. Best be off! TTYL!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jul 10, 2023 @ 16:00:10
A great story. xx Michael
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Jul 10, 2023 @ 19:04:34
Thanks, Bro 💛
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 08:12:17
Clé-ver post, Ritu!
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 08:46:49
😁😁 thanks, Rae!
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 08:07:30
I loved what you wrote about your father and his sister. 🙂 It is so nice when people are keen to learn. I just pray that I will keep learning all my life. Thank you for sharing.
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 08:47:10
It is a precious connection 😍
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 23:56:16
What a great story!
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 00:02:40
Thanks, Sally!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 22:48:07
Bless Pops! I remember seeing my first LOL years ago in a text.
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 22:52:09
It can be so overwhelming!
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 15:02:13
Yes!!! At least you have teenagers at home to tell you what they mean.
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Jul 09, 2023 @ 15:17:10
True!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 21:38:56
Good story. In some cultures, LOL might have worked. I would reserve the use of MILF. Definitely NSW.
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 22:42:50
Ha ha! Absolutely!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 17:18:15
LOL
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 17:20:01
😁😁
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 16:30:06
Bless your poor Dad, Ritu! xx
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 17:19:54
I know, blesd him indeed! 😁
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:49:24
Your pops provided a nice chuckle today, Ritu. Lots of Love, with good intentions, but not at the appropriate time. Did he ever re-text his people to tell them “ooops” or nevermind?” Is there an acronym for that?
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:58:01
I don’t think he ever did, lol!!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:12:17
Lol…I end up having to search Google, too, when I read some acronyms. Only today my girls corrected me when I was using an emoji. I wanted to put a crying face to indicate the joke was so bad it made me want to cry. I had chosen an emoji that meant, the post was sweet.
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:19:47
😁😁
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:03:46
Funny story. Yes acronyms can save time but they can also be a pain “tbh” if you don’t know what they mean …
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:09:24
I’m quite savvy with them, but even I struggle sometimes!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 14:12:55
Same !
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 13:26:47
That’s a funny story. My daughter corrected me when I sent the wrong emogi once. Fortunately it was to her and my brother.
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 13:57:45
It’s hard keeping up, Dan!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 11:08:56
so funny
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 11:21:20
I know… Bless him!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 11:06:50
Lol your pops is hilarious! He’s right though, you could say lol meaning lots of love, too! 😀
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 11:08:54
Love my Pops!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 08:53:21
I think it’s the most commonly misunderstood acronym; lol. I also thought for the longest time that it meant Lots of love.
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 09:02:24
I know. I think we all did, at one point!
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Jul 08, 2023 @ 10:45:18
Lol!
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