IFIC buttons on American Bandstand. What do they stand for?

[5digits6strings]

Many dancers on early AB shows wore a button/pin that read IFIC. I've heard different explanations, such as, that it was a plug for Beechnut gum, with it's flavor-IFIC taste:
http://www.quillnews.com/main/2004/12/the_news_that_a.html
http://www.talkaboutthemusic.com/group/alt.music.lyrics/messages/336909.html

But, I believe it is an acronym for: "It's.........."

Any ideas?

[spongemonkey]

Originally posted by 5digits6strings
Many dancers on early AB shows wore a button/pin that read IFIC. I've heard different explanations, such as, that it was a plug for Beechnut gum, with it's flavor-IFIC taste:
http://www.quillnews.com/main/2004/12/the_news_that_a.html
http://www.talkaboutthemusic.com/group/alt.music.lyrics/messages/336909.html

But, I believe it is an acronym for: "It's.........."

Any ideas?

it's flavour is crappy

It's f*cking incredibly chewy

it's for impotent chefs

it's fatal if choking

[skip tracer]

Top 3 Google results:

Investment Funds Institute of Canada

International Food Information Council

International Federation of Infection Control

Probably none of these are right, though.

[5digits6strings]

Originally posted by spongemonkey
it's flavour is crappy

It's f*cking incredibly chewy

it's for impotent chefs

it's fatal if choking
I don't think the acronym has anything to do with gum. But thanks for the "ideas."


Originally posted by skip tracer
Top 3 Google results:

Investment Funds Institute of Canada

International Food Information Council

International Federation of Infection Control

Probably none of these are right, though.
I'm pretty sure it stands for "it's"...something...

[spongemonkey]

Originally posted by 5digits6strings
I don't think the acronym has anything to do with gum. But thanks for the "ideas."


Oh sorry I thought you wanted gag answers

[wren]

Originally posted by spongemonkey
It's f*cking incredibly chewyI know you wanted to stay with the acronym and all that, but you're a Grammar Nazi; you should know better. :mad:

The adverb comes before the adjective. "It's incredibly f*cking chewy" would be the correct version.

[Talent?!]

Originally posted by wren
I know you wanted to stay with the acronym and all that, but you're a Grammar Nazi; you should know better. :mad:

The adverb comes before the adjective. "It's incredibly f*cking chewy" would be the correct version.


He's Grammar Switzerland. ;)

[wren]

Originally posted by Talent?!
He's Grammar Switzerland. ;) Ah. That would explain it. :D

[5digits6strings]

Anyone?

[spongemonkey]

Originally posted by Talent?!
He's Grammar Switzerland. ;)

thanks ben,

I'm also a PhD in English. Grammar is flexible you can move words into non-standard positions to fit a form as long as the meaning remains. If I'd have used the correct grammar the form would have been broken and the comic effect I was going for would have been lost.

Well that's the end of the lecture, for the seminar I want you to find examples of non-standard grammar in the work of Shakespeare, Coleridge, Yeats and Eliot. ;)

You may refer to me as Dr. Spongemonkey if you wish :D

[spongemonkey]

Originally posted by 5digits6strings
Anyone?

it's not an acronym for anything, the story about the gum is true.

[Talent?!]

Originally posted by spongemonkey
thanks ben


Who?!! ;)

[airfall]

it's the last four letters of "flavorific."

[5digits6strings]

The kids on American Bandstand did in fact come up with their own acronym:
"It's fun, it's chewy."

However, IFIC was ORIGINALLY based on "flavor-ific."

[dorktwinkle]

It was Fine In Concept