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AYFKM, Gossip Girl Marketing Guy? "Oh My Freaking Goodness"?
Published 4/28/2008 at Videogum
... Rick Haskins, VP of Marketing for the CW, tries to tell CNN with a straight face that OMFG, the acronym splashed on posters and billboards everywhere to advertise the new season of the CW's Gossip Girl, is "open to interpretation" and means "an expression of surprise" and could, to some people, mean "Oh My Freaking Goodness." Is he fucking kidding us? Here's the video. ...

Oh My F'ing Get Over It [Stupid Controversies]
Published 4/28/2008 by Richard at Gawker
... is true! It could also, possibly, stand for "On Meth, Feeling Good," or "One More Fart Gun." Not quite satisfied with Haskins' answer, Brooke Anderson hit the streets, asking bemused people what they thought it meant. Only two ladies "in their sixties" didn't know that it stood for OH MY FUCKING GOD. Curse words and tepid teen dramas continue to threaten our youth. Whee! It's funny when both the outraged and the outrageous seem like idiots. Video of the important news story is here. [ ...

"Oh My Frickin' Goodness" Gossip Girl Is Awesome!!!!!!
Published 4/28/2008 by david at Jossip
... Hey? Internet tards and Gossip Girl fanatics? Did you know that the phrase “OMFG,” Internet slang for exactly what you think it is, is actually “an expression of surprise” and could mean “Oh My Frickin’ Goodness”? That’s what The CW marketing vice prez Rick Haskins tries convincing one cynical CNN anchor. Video here ( ...

Parents Television Council is having another bitchyfit
Published 4/28/2008 at OH NO!!
... New ad campaign for "Gossip Girl" sparks outrage! Is it promoting sex and blasphemy? CNN's Brooke Anderson reports. Video is here. The campaign is around 2 weeks old but the CNN piece is from today.

Other Possible Meanings Of The Acronym “OMFG”
Published 4/28/2008 by Alex Blagg at Best Week Ever
Have you seen those "OMFG" Gossip Girl ads? What a dumb rhetorical question. Of course you have, because they're everywhere. Well Rick Haskins, a VP of Marketing at the CW Network, is under a little heat for promoting a show about high school children using a tagline that translates in grown-up speak to "Oh My F*cking God", which is both vulgar and pretty blasphemous to those who care about that sort of thing. But in this video, ol' Slick Rick just shrugs and says "What's the big deal? It means 'Oh My Freaking Goodness'." Of ...