Is it ok to use the word snafu?

I'm 34 and had no idea it was an acronym until like two years ago.

 

If Daffy Duck could use it in a cartoon for civilian release back in the day, I think it is safe for the kiddies now.

 

I'd thought the original meaning was "fouled" and had morphed over time.

Guess not.

 

I'm guessing that 99.99 percent of readers aren't aware of its little-known usage as an acronym. Use it if you wish.

 

We are situated in an area with lots of military folks.

And our copy desk is pretty staid and conservative.

So, whenever I see SNAFU in a story, I replace it with "cluster fuck."

Those geezers need to get their heart rates up from time to time if they're going to maintain any semblance of health.

 

Is it ok to use the word golf?

 

It is not a little-known reference if you're over 40 years old.
As newspapers shed veterans (and careers) the employee base became younger.
While, all along, actual newspaper readership continued to age. A total generational disconnect.
Count it as No. 1,324 on the list of problems with the entire paradigm.

 

Spot on.

 

Not as a verb.