Twenty years ago and this wouldn't have been a problem. But now, thanks to the ubiquity of the internet -- and worse: internet shorthand that has made its way to instant messaging, texting and every other form of communication -- the seemingly innocuous will raise suspicions and even cause controversy. Which brings us to the Wakefield (Massachusetts) High School track and field team. Details via UPI by way of WCVB-TV:
The shirts, handed out by the Wakefield Track and Field team's boosters organization after the last season, are causing controversy with parents and officials due to the initials, WTF, also representing a popular colloquialism for Internet chatting and text messaging containing a vulgar term, WCVB-TV, Boston, reported Tuesday.Clearly, Superintendent Landers doesn't spend much time on Facebook.
Superintendent Joan Landers said she was unaware of the double meaning behind the initials and the phrase is not the way she wants students represented.
Thankfully, there's video:
via Fark
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