“I’m going to need that PDF converted to HTML and beamed to my PDA ASAP. And the boss said that if we don’t get it done PDQ then this whole thing is going to be FUBAR by tomorrow at nine AM.” Wow! How many acronyms can you possibly fit in a sentence? You know, people used to be able to speak with eloquence and now it seems like our language is being truncated to a series of acronyms and abbreviations. It is sad to see our language skills being reduced to sentences like “OMG that is SF, I’m totally ROTFL. BRB, hang on k?” I remember when we would see people on the street and ask “How are you doing?” And they would reply “I’m good, and you?” When did it become “S’up?” “A’ite”? Are we really so lazy that we can’t even squeeze out a two syllable word any more?

So I have decided to start the crusade to break our society of it’s lazy ways and form a committee to do away with acronyms. It will be called “The Organization For an Acronym Free Society”. At T.O.F.A.F.S. it will be our responsibility, no, our pleasure to bring about a society where everybody can understand each other and nobody is seen staring off into space with that dazed look on their face as they try to figure out what was just said to them. Help support T.O.F.A.F.S. and look forward to an acronym free tomorrow*. Thank you.

*Of course this means that when you want to post those photos online for your family to see you will no longer be able to use the extension .jpg and will now have to use the full title “Joint Photographic Experts Group”. And in place of .gif you will have to use “Graphics Interchange Format”. But it’s a small price to pay.