The bartender at a place I’ll have lunch every few weeks asks me that question, worded like that. She seems to be oblivious to my first interpretation of the question.
Would you recommend she ask this question differently?
I think of Displaced Person when I hear DP, but I doubt anyone younger would. I would never have thought of diet Pepsi, so only for clarification she might want to elaborate.
I thought exactly what you did when I saw the acronym, but even if I knew she was talking about a drink I would think she meant Dr. Pepper. What a strange way to say Diet Pepsi.
And your first interpretation was? Dread Pirate? Dancing Panda? Since you’re in a bar, perhaps Double Pabst? Or for a snooty place Double Pernod? If this was a Dean Martin Rat Pack wannabe bar maybe that’s a drinky-poo?
Color me baffled what you thought. Or what she was thinking. It sure wouldn’t have communicated anything at all to me.
And if the OP thinks they have it bad, spare a thought for someone who works in the shipping industry: ladies and gentlemen I give you the largest port terminal operator in the world.
I certainly wouldn’t use the abbreviation, even if I’m in a situation where I’m clearly talking about soda, because I might be given a Dr. Pepper instead.
Good point…
But I think the issue with the abbreviation lies solely with the OP.
D.P. is 2 letters bundled to save time…maybe you have been indulging a bit too much lately…?
Pornographically speaking?
Do you wish to be penetrated…doubly?
Please don’t answer…it’s a rhetorical question. :smack:
“My husband got me a birthday present - a gift certificate for a facial!”
95% of people think of double penetration first. The rest live in Utah.
Using that for Diet Pepsi also sounds forced and like either a bro using words like “tuneage” or a commercial that’s trying desperately for their product’s name to catch on.
Well considering that the LDS church is well aware of the Book of Mormon play, I can only assume that they heard of the authors’ previous Mormon movie, and all the acronymsincluded within.