"DTMFA, or "Dump the Motherfucker Already," is one of sex-advice columnist Dan Savage's many signature coinages. Since it first appeared in Savage Love in the early 2000s, it has spread far and wide, populating forums like Reddit, where people armed with nothing more than tiny slivers of information use it to tell others to upend their lives and leave their mate."
"But of course, telling someone to break up via a short string of letters is much easier than actually doing it, and in a recent phone conversation with Slate, Savage admitted that in the past he'd been too glib with the prescription. But if the phrase helped facilitate the "Cut them out and move on" attitude so prevalent in today's dating culture, Savage is reluctant to claim responsibility."
Dan Savage, a sex-advice columnist, coined DTMFA ("Dump the Motherfucker Already") in the early 2000s, which became a widely recognized phrase across Reddit, social media, and popular culture. The abbreviation spread so extensively that it influenced dating culture's "cut them out and move on" attitude. Savage also created other notable terms like pegging, monogamish, and GGG. In 2016, he adapted the phrase to ITMFA ("Impeach the Motherfucker Already") regarding Donald Trump, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable organizations. However, Savage has acknowledged that he was previously too casual with this breakup prescription and now uses DTMFA far less frequently than before.
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