# Cryptocurrency and NFTs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptocurrency-and-nfts/959211 "2022-02-10T10:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptocurrency-and-nfts/959211/12 "2022-02-10T19:24:06Z")
Just learned in the thread next door what NFT stands for: No F\*\*\*ing Talent. > [@Melania sells her art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-sells-her-art/956174/29): > > I just realized why the abbreviation “NFT” cracks me up. My former father-in-law was an artist, and he was very judgmental and dismissive of those artists a few rungs lower on the hierarchy of talent than he was (which was pretty high, technically speaking. Personally he was a major dick.) He used to look at others’ work and his word of disapproval was “NFT,” which stood for “No Talent.” I couldn’t agree more. And now for the Cryptothingy! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptocurrency-and-nfts/959211)._