About that snafu

If you’re tapping out snafu, lay off the Caps Lock key or you’ll make the same snafu that the writer for Yahoo! Shine did:

At one time, snafu was an acronym derived from “situation normal all f*cked up.” It’s not an acronym anymore and doesn’t deserve all those capital letters. It’s similar to scuba, which also started out as an acronym (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) but is now a common noun.

About that capitalization snafu

Ooops. It’s a snafu in this headline from Yahoo! News‘ “The Cutline”:

It was once an acronym, but snafu is now a common noun.

A weird snafu

 It doesn’t get much worse than this capitalization snafu on Yahoo! Shine:

:

It was once an acronym, but now snafu is a common noun.

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