so apparently, oomf stands for "one of my friends"
which means "one of my oomfs" stands for "one of my one of my friends"
it also means the correct second person form is not "your oomf", but "ooyf"
cursed bad internet linguistics
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i think "oomf" has evolved from being a literal acronym that you're meant to interpret as such, to being a word in it of itself. in my brain it's moreso a synonym for "a friend who isn't very close", in a similar way to how "lol" is perceived more as either "oh i think that's funny" or as a way to make it clear that you're not taking something too seriously—kind of like a tone indicator of sorts, if that makes any sense. these acronyms have kind of been extracted from their literal roots & are now used to display broader concepts instead of solely being shortenings of other phrases. this isn't really related to your post itself, but it got me thinking & i wanted to share my thoughts X')
i think "oomf" has evolved from being a literal acronym that you're meant to interpret as such, to being a word in it of itself. in my brain it's moreso a synonym for "a friend who isn't very close", in a similar way to how "lol" is perceived more as either "oh i think that's funny" or as a way to make it clear that you're not taking something too seriously—kind of like a tone indicator of sorts, if that makes any sense. these acronyms have kind of been extracted from their literal roots & are now used to display broader concepts instead of solely being shortenings of other phrases. this isn't really related to your post itself, but it got me thinking & i wanted to share my thoughts X')