baggss Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 When communicating Its When one or a group of knowledgable person(s) speaks with the mistaken assumption that the other person understands what the first person is talking about. ex: Our COR just told our SM to let the CC and the PLC know that the CO has M&Cs for after the TM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 OMG, LOL, BTW do we do that? Stosh The creepy thing about it? I understand what Baggss is saying.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckfoot Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Should be the last question on the Scoutmaster test...can you read this? Yes? You're in!! No? You're in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 When I was a scout we often said in a Kookie-way "Heh WTF man" to any or all who hastily starting doing something or there was an urgency without a reason because everyone knew WTF was short for "Where's the Fire". I had been re-educated in recent years that definition has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolaidman Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 That's milk and cookies right? Took me awhile on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Porter Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I have a friend who is a professor he was using WTF to mean "What's This For?". He would write it on papers when he was grading and certain sections were irrelavant. Someone poionted out the other meaning. I guess it worked either way. We ended up getting him a rubber stamp with WTF that now sits on his desk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinole Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 FYI it's SOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I have a friend who is a professor he was using WTF to mean "What's This For?". He would write it on papers when he was grading and certain sections were irrelavant. Someone poionted out the other meaning. I guess it worked either way. We ended up getting him a rubber stamp with WTF that now sits on his desk LOL--My son's teacher did this...I thought she was being rather cheeky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 OK, someone tell me what fast food has to do with any of this. (one more thing in a long list of things I don't 'get') 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 OK' date=' someone tell me what fast food has to do with any of this. (one more thing in a long list of things I don't 'get')[/quote'] WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 WTF? Where's The Food? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 There is a new restaurant in the Tampa are called WTF! (for "Wow That's Fresh") They already had a chain of chicken stripped places called PDQ ("People Dedicated to Quality"). My scout son said "Hey, where they gonna stop for the next one!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I don't understand why so many people are surprised with this short speak. GI, JEEP, SNAFU, D-Day, H-Hour, HQ, etc. from the military, CEO, CFO, HR, R&D, etc. from business. It goes on all over the place. It's just that it's new to more people. Just ask the old secretaries that did dictation with shorthand. They had this stuff down pat! Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutergipper Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I'm as big on proper grammar and spelling as the next neurotic, but I also "get" that English is a living, evolving language. I'm ok with it as long as we can still understand each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpalazzi Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 LS/MFT.....has THREE meanings.....Who's old enough to know 'em all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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