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| − | Randall gives some examples of confusing acronyms that closely resemble more commonly-used acronyms. He depicts [[Cueball]] apparently puzzling over the meaning of one such acronym.
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| − | "SMFW", the title of the comic and an acronym used as the caption, is very close to a number of other common acronyms, including:
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| − | *"MFW", meaning "my face when..." used in similar sentence constructions to this comic's caption, to indicate that the image represents one's face when the specified thing happens.
| + | On various forums on the internet, people will use acronyms for common phrases as opposed to the common phrases themselves (e.g. "LOL" as opposed to "laughing out loud"). As the comic suggests, SMFW is a plausible acronym, but does not have any potential phrases to represent. The acronym itself is eerily close to a number of other acronyms commonly used, including: "SFW" (meaning "safe for work", denoting that something does not have suggestive content), "MFW" (meaning "my face when...", setting up for a user's reaction to something: possibly the intended replacement for the caption at the bottom of the comic), and "SMF" (meaning "so much fun"). Because "SMFW" is so familiar to these other acronyms, for some it would intuitively feel like "SMFW" has its own meaning. The title text contains more examples of imaginary acronyms of similar nature: |
| − | *"SFW", meaning "safe/suitable for work", denoting that something does not have suggestive content.
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| − | *"SMH", meaning "shaking my head" or "so much hate", used to indicate dismay.
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| − | *"SMF", meaning "so much fun".
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| − | *"NSFW", meaning "not safe for work", the opposite of "SFW".
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| − | The title text contains more examples of imaginary acronyms of a similar nature:
| + | * "WTFW" is a combination of "WTF" ("What the fuck?") and "TFW" ("That feel when...", used in a similar nature to "MFW"), and possibly "FTW" ("For The Win") |
| | + | * "SMHO" is a combination of "SMH" ("shake my head") and "IMHO" ("In my humble opinion...") |
| | + | * "TBFH" is a combination of "TBF" ("to be fair") and "TBH" ("to be honest") |
| | + | * "IMDB" is, of course, [http://www.imdb.com/ the Internet Movie Database], but also resembles abbreviations such as "IMHO" ("in my humble opinion") and "IDK" ("I don't know") |
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| − | *"WTFW" is a combination of "WTF" ("What the fuck") and "TFW" ("That feel when..." or "That face when...", used in a similar nature to "MFW"), and possibly "FTW" ("For The Win") and "FWIW" ("For What It's Worth").
| + | Below are possible examples of potential representations for each acronym, according to [http://www.urbandictionary.com/ Urban Dictionary]: |
| − | *"SMHO" is a combination of "SMH" ("shake my head") and "IMHO" ([[1989:_IMHO|"In my humble/honest opinion..."]]).
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| − | *"TBFH" is a combination of "TBF" ("to be fair") and "TBH" ("to be honest").
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| − | *"IMDB" is, of course, [http://www.imdb.com/ the Internet Movie Database], but also resembles "IMHO".
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| − | Below are possible examples of potential (already existing, albeit rare) representations for each acronym, according to the {{w|Urban Dictionary}}:
| + | SMFW is an acronym for "Smoke more fucking weed". |
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| − | *[http://www.urbandictionary.com/SMFW SMFW] is listed as an acronym for "Smoke more fucking weed".
| + | WTFW is an acronym for "What the fuck, what?". |
| − | *[http://www.urbandictionary.com/WTFW WTFW] is listed as an acronym for "What the fuck, what?".
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| − | *[http://www.urbandictionary.com/SMHO SMHO] is listed as an acronym for "Shaking my head off".
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| − | *[http://www.urbandictionary.com/TBFH TBFH] is listed as an acronym for "To be fucking honest".
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| − | Knowing Randall, the sentences given in the comic proper and title text were probably made without an actual meaning in mind. Nevertheless, the sentence in the comic has a very plausible interpretation: "So Much Frustration When an acronym ''almost'' makes sense." Other plausible interpretations of the acronym could be "So Much Fun When" or "See My Face When". Even the absurdly cryptic title text has a plausible translation: "What The Fuck, World? (WTFW) it's like Some Moron's Horrible Opinion (SMHO) To Be Fucking Honest (TBFH), I'm Done, Bye. (IMDB)".
| + | SMHO is an acronym for "Shaking my head off". |
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| | + | TBFH is an acronym for "To be fucking honest". |
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| | ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
| − | :[Cueball is sitting at a desk, crouched over a laptop.]
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| − | :[Caption below the panel:]
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| − | :SMFW an acronym ''almost'' makes sense
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| − | ==Trivia==
| + | [Cueball is sitting at a desk, crouched over a laptop] |
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| − | The name of the comic ''[[xkcd]]'' is itself a false acronym – from the [http://www.xkcd.com/about xkcd about page]:
| + | Caption: SMFW an acronym ''almost'' makes sense |
| − | :''"It's not actually an acronym. It's just a word with no phonetic pronunciation -- a treasured and carefully-guarded point in the space of four-character strings."''
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| | {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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