Apparently a LOT of People Don’t Know What MUA Stands For
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Beauty lovers are notorious for using industry lingo — “baking,” “nontouring,” and “de-potting” are regular words in our vocabulary.
And while things like “sandbagging” and “the beat down” may not be commonly known, we figured MUA (makeup artist) was an acronym that even non-beauty peeps were aware of.
Boy, were we wrong.
It turns out a LOT of people don’t know what MUA stands for (sorry to all you readers who were confused any time we used it). In fact, the confusion over the term was so high, that it became a thing (or should we say a “moment”) on Twitter.
Many people thought MUA was a different form of spelling for “muah,” as in a kissing sound. Another user thought it was “municipal undergarment advisor” (what that means, we don’t know). And one person figured it was makeup artist Manny Gutierrez’s last name.
But one of our personal faves was this dude, who casually threw in his own acronym — ngl (not gonna lie) — while questioning the meaning of MUA.
I thought MUA was a brand of makeup instead of actually meaning "makeup artist" until like 5 minutes ago ngl
— Chong (@jamiealvachong) February 14, 2017
Meanwhile, beauty buffs everywhere were just as boggled as we were that people were just figuring out what MUA meant.
I thought MUA meaning make up artist was so obvious lol
— lauren (@laur_pritch) March 1, 2017
The meaning of MUA is trending right now and I'm mind blown at how many people in the world didn't know the meaning of it
— iesha (@Daddy_Deeee) March 1, 2017
Omg I wake up this morning to people in shock about the meaning of MUA ???
— Just Nadiene Ж (@JustNadiene) March 2, 2017
Moral of the story? Never assume people will understand your acronyms.
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And while things like "sandbagging" and "the beat down" may not be commonly known, we figured MUA (makeup artist) was an acronym that even non-beauty peeps were aware of.
Boy, were we wrong.
It turns out a LOT of people don't know what MUA stands for (sorry to all you readers who were confused any time we used it). In fact, the confusion over the term was so high, that it became a thing (or should we say a "moment") on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/i/moments/836915287677153280
Many people thought MUA was a different form of spelling for "muah," as in a kissing sound. Another user thought it was "municipal undergarment advisor" (what that means, we don't know). And one person figured it was makeup artist Manny Gutierrez's last name.
But one of our personal faves was this dude, who casually threw in his own acronym — ngl (not gonna lie) — while questioning the meaning of MUA.
https://twitter.com/jamiealvachong/status/831609843899318273
Meanwhile, beauty buffs everywhere were just as boggled as we were that people were just figuring out what MUA meant.
https://twitter.com/laur_pritch/status/836979425455529984
https://twitter.com/Daddy_Deeee/status/837029504308625408
https://twitter.com/JustNadiene/status/837211983703236608
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