change from the bottom up

[Wilson Gray]

I know NFL, but what is "DK"?

-Wilson

On 4/19/07, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>         Oll Korrect.
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>         BFD I know, but NFL (in this sense) is new to me.
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> John Baker
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> Of James Harbeck
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> >Surely it is an IM or text messaging
> >initialism like LOL.  Didn't everything start with the internet?
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> DK.
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> NFL.
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> BFD.
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> James Harbeck.
>
> (The second initialism was one that my brother and I, and I think we
> weren't the only ones, used to express an assessment of particular
> unlikeliness. ca. 1980. I think the third one is, or was, rather common,
> at least in our neck of the woods. Hands up if you know it.)
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