The first episode of Modern Family played out with Phil Dunphy being the super-cool dad who assumes he knows all of the lingo used in text messages. He says it is important because to talk to their children like a peer, but being a father is called “peerenting”. LOL – Laugh Out Loud. WTF – Why The Face?

Why The Face was the all-time favorite one-liner for Modern Family fans like me but I always thought it sounded awkward. I mean, how do you use Why The Face in normal conversation to exclaim your rogue surprise yet being satirical?

I think I know today.

I conducted lessons for the Specialist Cadets this morning and because there is less work to do today, I decided to do my routine of walking around and trying to get to know them better. I went ahead to confirm if they were mostly diploma holders.

“So, you guys are from poly right?”

“Yes, sergeant.” A couple of them responded and one added on, “So, sergeant, you are from poly too?”

“Yes. I am from NYP.”

“So you studied business…” He carried on quizzing me.

“Yes. Business Informatics. Wait. How do you know?” I am puzzled, wondering if he is another course mate whom I don’t recall.

“Oh. You have the business face.”

There was a moment of silence before I blurted, “I have what the… face?”

The entire table laughed but I just kept quiet because that was suppose to come out “WHAT THE FUCK?” I realized at the eleventh hour that it may sound too rude for such a general observation about me. More over, I thought it is too rogue for a guy with a ‘business face’. I made it in time to say the word ‘Face’ and thank God it kind of suited the entire conversation, anyway.