CNN's naughty acronym (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Words" was a typo. The actual "word" was "LMFAObama."  Like "LMFAOSchwarz"
(I just had to say it again).

So it's a blend *and* and acronym.

JL

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> The "O" from Obama should be included in the acronym.
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> LMFAO = Laughing My F*cking Ass Off
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> LMmFAO = Laughing My Mother F*cking Ass Off
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> > At 3/29/2012 09:28 AM, George Thompson wrote:
> > >JL should give thought to the fact that some things that are obvious
> to a
> > >young fellow like himself are mystifying to old codgers like myself.
> > >
> > >In other words, WTF does "LMFA" or "LMMFA" signify?
> >
> > Me too.  I know what MFA means -- Museum of Fine Arts [Boston] -- but
> > I don't get the L and LM prefixes.\
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> > >GAT
> > >
> > >On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> > ><wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Remember when Sarah Palin recently made headlines from one end of
> this
> > list
> > > > to the other by shouting "WTF?" at a conservative audience?
> > > >
> > > > This morning CNN had a story about the President of the United
> States  (I
> > > > didn't catch the details) that was captioned with the words,
> > > > "LMFAObama."
> > > >
> > > > Can "LMMFAObama" be far behind?
> > > >
> > > > One hopes so.
> > > >
> > > > JL
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