B&M's, S.F., A.&L's, and M.M.M.

Why acronyms are so much fun!

Recently, a friend and I decided to give an acronym to a much discussed topic, so as others wouldn't overhear and us jump to conclusions. This acronym has, amazingly, stuck and continues to be part of our conversations like it is just any old word. Well, this got me to thinking that these little letter examples of words are a blast and here are a couple of my reasons:

1) They allow you to talk without having ever to say the exact topic; allowing an otherwise private conversation to be "public."

2) If you ever truly listen to yourself speaking in this way, it's pretty funny/corny and we all need a good laugh at ourselves now and again- don't get too serious about life.

3) They are fast, you can say them and have no connotations attached, allowing you to get directly to the topic.

4) When they are created personally they are usually made with a friend, which allows the friendship to be closer because you have something that wasn't there before, you had to create it.

5) For the most part, they aren't inside jokes. They aren't meant to be rude or hurtful (as often inside jokes seem to be.)

6) They are cute. Yeah, I am a girl and I think tiny or short things that are different than the norm are cute, maybe because I'm short.