Based on my calculations, "AF" ("as f*ck") still has a few good days yet before it enters the lexicon of the Olds Pretending to be Youngs. Even then, I will still use it, for it is facile, and it is elegant...AF. What other combination of letters can say so much with so little?
To demonstrate the simultaneous vastness and neatness of AF, we've catalogued some of its many great and varied usages here. Ain't modern English grand? (If you don't agree, GTFO.)
It works for nationalities
And cuteness
And states of being
It describes man's inhumanity to man
And holidays
It *is* the human condition
It's self-aware
It's timely
It's impressive
It's open to new experiences
It's iconic
And flawless
And pregnant
It is patient
It is us, rejected
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