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Re: This is Lugnet
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 25 Feb 1999 20:49:01 GMT
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Todd--Where could one find Schin's guide?
Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.general, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> > Linc Smith wrote:
> > > Thank you Lugnet!!! For the organization and civility. With the switch from
> > > a single large newsgroup, we (AFOL) have been advanced light years in what
> > > can be accomplished.
> >
> > Good! Now someone can tell me what AFOL means. :-,
> >
> > All Full Of Legos?
> > Anonymous Fulcrum Obligatory Lampshade?
> > A Fancy Old Lute?
> > Aardvark Finch Oriole Lark?
>
> It's an abbreviation for:
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> Adult Fan of LEGO
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> It was coined by Matthew Verdier on June 14, 1995 in a post to RTL.
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> I use it from time to time because it's shorter than writing "Adult LEGO
> Maniac" or "adult," but it kind of gives me the creeps too because it looks
> so much like AOL (not that there's anything wrong with AOL).
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> Matthew also noted when he first wrote it that it sounds like "A FOOL."
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> Technically, since "of" is never capitalized in English titles, it should
> probably actually be AFoL, but people tend to write AFOL since that's easier
> to type. It was added to Derek Schin's guide to commonly used RTL acronyms on
> August 12, 1995.
>
> --Todd
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| (...) It's an abbreviation for: Adult Fan of LEGO It was coined by Matthew Verdier on June 14, 1995 in a post to RTL. I use it from time to time because it's shorter than writing "Adult LEGO Maniac" or "adult," but it kind of gives me the creeps too (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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