DAD: Speaking of the difference between sending an email and posting on someone's wall, what's the deal with OIF?*
ME: OIF?
DAD: You know, Overintense Facebooking!
ME: ... is OIF a real term, or something you made up?
DAD: I mean, I made it up.**

*pronounced "oyyy-ff."
**also made up by my father this week: "vs;sri" - "very short; so read it," a direct and kinder response to "tl;dr."

MASTERFUL QUOTES FROM MY PARENTS

These happened in the course of one day.
"Just used word hipster cuz I know how it irks you." - Mother
"Do you Twitter? I signed up and can't figure it out. Can u explain 2 me?" - Father (via text)

And I never posted this classic on the blog:
"by the way honey...big debate about this here...now that LOL and :) are so out...whats the cool way to tell someone you really laughed or smile at what they just wrote??? is it the classic 'ha'" - Father