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Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

“Fgi.”


— Monday tweet from Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), who quickly explained in a follow-up tweet that the message was accidental. According to Urban Dictionary, “fgi” is an Internet abbreviation for “f—ing Google it.”


Speaking of funny abbreviations, an HOH spy points out that President Barack Obama’s new slogan, “Win the Future,” which is expected to be included in his State of the Union address, can be abbreviated as the popular phrase “WTF.”

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