News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN. Parent comment

Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by vram22 on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:51PM (#33514228)
Father-in-law. Like BIL for Brother-in-law.

Apropos, I've always wondered where the terms gf and bf, for girlfriend and boyfriend, came from, i.e. the West, or India. Wonder, because many such short forms come from or are unique to Indian English.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by titanomachy on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:18PM (#33514858)
gf and bf widely used in the west
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by dlivingston on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:29PM (#33514931)
I mean, acronyms are pretty common to the modern English language in general. Is what you're talking about a bit different? Can you dive in a bit?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by highwaylights on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:26AM (#33517444)
I don't know this, but I think the parent maybe meant the term boyfriend/girlfriend rather than the acronym?

It is strange to parse given that it means "person that I'm non-platonically involved with" (i.e. not simply friends).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by raverbashing on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:59AM (#33516931)
It's the obvious acronym for those words
[ Parent | on HN ]