Comments on: Needless Wonky Abbreviation Will Make History Murky!

By: brent_cox

brent_cox — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:29:25 +0000

Also, texting: BTW. Speaking: by the way.

By: Meeg

Meeg — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:58:15 +0000

I hate all those -OTUS abbreviations with a passion.

By: alorsenfants

alorsenfants — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:48:52 +0000

what is 'tweeting' –

By: clarencerosario

clarencerosario — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:19:20 +0000

Also, I presume that this sentiment was what drove people to abandon FLOTUS for FLIRG during the Clinton administration?

By: clarencerosario

clarencerosario — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:37 +0000

I give it four.

By: KarenUhOh

KarenUhOh — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:14:07 +0000

Heck with that. Try explaining to someone in a hundred years–twenty?–what the fuck people were doing when they spent all their time "tweeting."

Do I hear ten?

By: YourDoctrinaire

YourDoctrinaire — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:04:05 +0000

Yeah, but you can't say that. You have to say PRESIDENT Obama. Check your AP style book…or burn it, whatevs.

By: Courtney Reimer

Courtney Reimer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:58:20 +0000

But where do we stand on SCOTUS?

My inner teenage boy will never not giggle at that one.

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:40:36 +0000

Does anyone actually think that those bothering to read, say, Peggy Noonan's thoughts for July 2009, 100 years from now (ACADEMICS!) wouldn't get that abbreviation? C'mon.

Also. Is it ironic to "tweet" thi, speaking of things that won;t be relevant 100 years from now?

By: hazmathilda

hazmathilda — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:54:55 +0000

People above me covered the most salient points, so the things I'm now obligated to comment on are 1) the masterful bracket/parenthetical combo and 2) how quickly you jumped on that tweet.

By: joshc

joshc — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:51:28 +0000

yes, but following this suggestion we will simply retire the term "president of the united states" and replace it with the less-history-friendly "OBAMA".

By: jfruh

jfruh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:47:06 +0000

What about the last eight years, when POTUS was actually one letter longer than the president's name? Typical liberal, ignoring the great things George W. Bush has done for this country, with his name shortness.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:42:24 +0000

But Barack Obama is the POTUS.
The title transcends – is more powerful than – any one man's name.