The abbreviation AF is very commonly used online, presumably to avoid both profanity and asterisks.
Every day I see many instances of {adjective} AF. Everyone knows what it means.
Wrong.
Probus, I'm somebody, and I've never heard or seen
AF until this thread.
Never. And I'm online almost every day.
You're reminding me of all the store clerks who say they don't carry what I'm looking for because nobody wants it. I make it clear that I
am somebody and I want it.
Then I take my business somewhere where the clerks think I'm somebody.
12/12 PS - Sorry to sound so snarky! I got turned down for a bunch of jobs a few years ago because I don't have a cell phone or use Facebook or multi-task (as if that's possible!). So your "commonly used online" bit hit a button.
At one interview, someone asked me what kind of calendar I had. I said it was a monthly planner I keep on the telephone table. The interview committee members all looked at each other. Then one said, "
Telephone table?" And they all cracked up.
Bad enough. But then about a year later, I was telling that story to someone to explain why I'd retired. When I got to that part, he said, "Oh! You're the telephone table guy!"