A – afternoon

W – wasting

F – fun

U – ubiquitous

L – lampoon

Alrighty then.  This is the “Official” new name for a meme.

We hate the word meme.  And it doesn’t have a good foot-hold on it’s place in the blogosphere, unlike the word blogosphere.  If you say the word blogosphere, everyone knows (pretty much) what you mean.  If you say the word meme, you are not pronouncing it correctly.

But we all know the word AWFUL, and we know how to pronounce it correctly, and now we know what it stands for.

And it’s all true.  Isn’t that what you think of when you get tagged.  “This is awful.  I have to write a post that conforms to something that someone else thought was funny, or useful, or is truly intended to reveal more of my weird-o self than I am ready for.”  How AWFUL!

Then we usually get over it and have some fun.  That’s what the F is for.  The Afternoon Wasting part is self-explanatory.  The U and the L are just me showing off my vocabulary.  Get out the big dictionary.

Here is how we will use this word.

“Aww man! I got tagged for an A.W.F.U.L.”

“No, I can’t make lunch right now, I’m writing an A.W.F.U.L.”

“Children, go watch TV.  I’m reading an A.W.F.U.L., I hope I get tagged!”

“No, we’re not gonna have a spelling test today,  I haven’t figured out who I am gonna tag for my A.W.F.U.L.!”

See, if you say it enough times, it starts to sound natural and normal.  I think the proper context always helps, too.  Don’t you?

All that because Carri tagged me.  She didn’t name it or write the rules, but the plan is, she wants to see my desk.

We’re gonna call it the

CLEAN YOUR DESK A.W.F.U.L.

(Which is funnier out loud.)

The Rules

• Post the rules on your blog.
• Post a before photo (or video) of your desk or computer table.
• Clean it up really nice.
• Post the after photo (or video).
• Tag 2 (or so) friends. Be sure and notify them.
• Link to the person who tagged you.
• All posts get linked to Ship Full O’ Pirates to learn all about the new name.

I decided to do videos so you can get the full impact of just how “on the nose” Carri’s idea was.

Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Photo Printing – Photo Books

Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Photo Printing – Photo Books

Now for the A.W.F.U.L. tagging.

Carri – of course!  @ Home of the Petersonclan

KimC – @ Life in a Shoe

Whew!  I’m all tagged out.  Stop the A.W.F.U.L. madness already, no back tagging!

Related posts:

1. Justification!
2. My “New” Free Computer Desk