It seems that in these ADD (attention deficit days) we're encountering speed-bumps of UH (UGLY HIP) wordplay.
It started innocently, ALMOST cutely, with such nonsense as BRANGELINA (the term for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie being together).
They split up, but the idea of squishing words together and playing with initials is now CEMENTED into the TROPE of our ZEITGEIST. (Yes, along with moronic words that should stay buried in the dictionary).
It took me a moment to decipher why a champion athlete is a GOAT.
Last I checked, a GOAT was the athlete who screwed up during a game. Like Bill Buckner letting a ball pass between his legs in a world series.
GOAT?
Amanda Nunes knocked out Cris Cyborg and became...A GOAT?
Oh. You mean, "GREATEST OF ALL TIME."
Somehow, I can't imagine Muhammad Ali walking around saying to people, "I'M THE GOAT!"
Can you?
It's bad enough that we have the normal usage of initials. Amanda Nunes, is an MMA champion in the UFC.
Do we need MORE of this to figure out?
One of the ugliest examples of this MBA (Millennial-Based Assholery) is...POTUS.
It takes...oooh...FOUR SYLLABLES to say "PRESIDENT TRUMP."
How much faster it is, to drop a syllable and say "THE POTUS."
That's right Y'ALL, contractions and initials make things so much easier for posting on TWITTER while you're getting your fast food at KFC or Micky D's.
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