"OMG! Churchill and Cooties!" Topic
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 etotheipi  | 06 Nov 2014 4:18 p.m. PST |
link link Well, at least terms we got from WWI and before, including two related to Winnie… OMG
The first citation of OMG in the Oxford English Dictionary appears in a 1917 letter from the British admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher to Winston Churchill. He writes, "I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis–O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)–Shower it on the Admiralty!!" The fact that Fisher, who was 76 at the time, defines OMG in his letter suggests that he thought Churchill might be unfamiliar with the term.
The Word Nerd has spoken. |
| tkdguy | 06 Nov 2014 5:15 p.m. PST |
OMG! Sorry, I couldn't help myself.  |
| plutarch 64 | 07 Nov 2014 3:01 a.m. PST |
I had heard about this. Less known is that Churchill sent a telegram back to Fisher along the lines of 'WTF?'. |
| Winston Smith | 08 Nov 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
At the time, Churchill was one of the Cool Kids. Perhaps he did know, and Jackie was being redundant. |
| John the Greater | 10 Nov 2014 2:48 p.m. PST |
Jackie responded LMAO, thus putting Churchill in his place. The cool kids can be so mean. |
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