Results tagged “fml”

The use of curse words in Facebook status updates is declining, new data shows. This gives us—and the Patriots—the dubious distinction of marking the peak usage of a certain f-word on the FB, in that infamous month of January 2008. Mentions of politics have decreased as well, following a massive peak in (duh) November 2008. And it seems that Harvard kids are up with the trends: FML was (ironically, considering the "decline" in swearing) the number two "term" used in status updates this year (note that Facebook sorted out many terms like "is" or "I"), leading us to wonder what exactly is so effable about everyone's lives. Maybe if we all spent more time living and less time Facebooking, we'd be better off? PREPOSTEROUS. more ›

It's only a matter of time before Harvard gets its own anything. Money is certainly never an object. So it's no surprise that the FML phenomenon has gone Ivy with Harvard FML (a project of The Voice). Among the vicissitudes of the privileged? "I’m in my room, procrastinating writing my paper, eating a block of cheese," "Eight months until a new mad men episode," and "I’m in love with Steven Pinker" (hey, who's not a sucker for that hair?). more ›