Origin of ENF

[resaa]

I'm not sure where else to ask this. I've seen the ENF scene for well over a decade, but I have no idea where it started. Based on the very limited remaining early references, it seems like the term came to be some time in the early 2000s. Looks like there was a Yahoo group called E_N_F_ that was quite early. Did it start there? Maybe on Usenet before that?

Maybe someone here remembers the history of how the initialism was actually coined.

Since this is an image board, here is an image of the old embarrassednudefemale.com, retrieved from the Wayback Machine, which was around my introduction to the term (in the early 2010s).

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by resaa

I'm not sure where else to ask this. I've seen the ENF scene for well over a decade, but I have no idea where it started. Based on the very limited remaining early references, it seems like the term came to be some time in the early 2000s. Looks like there was a Yahoo group called E_N_F_ that was quite early. Did it start there? Maybe on Usenet before that?

Maybe someone here remembers the history of how the initialism was actually coined.

Since this is an image board, here is an image of the old embarrassednudefemale.com, retrieved from the Wayback Machine, which was around my introduction to the term (in the early 2010s).

Yes, roughly late 1990's early 2000's.
I know the term was used on the Hungry Mutt Forum, because I coined the term EUF on that forum, at around the same time.
It's my one, and only contribution to human culture.

[ohhump]

I have been an enthusiast of ENF for decades but never knew it was a fetish and had a name until 2010. Would love to know the origin myself.

[fitne]

What is the origin of :

SOS (Save our Souls)

Mayday (the French M'aider)

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by fitne

What is the origin of :

SOS (Save our Souls)

Mayday (the French M'aider)

SOS doesn't mean anything.
It was chosen because it's a repetitive pattern, that's easy to recognize in Morse code.
Mayday was chosen for a similar reason.
It was distinct, and could be clearly heard through the static of early radio sets.
It's supposed to be repeated three times.

[DRDavenport]

Originally Posted by lonmol

SOS doesn't mean anything.
It was chosen because it's a repetitive pattern, that's easy to recognize in Morse code.
Mayday was chosen for a similar reason.
It was distinct, and could be clearly heard through the static of early radio sets.
It's supposed to be repeated three times.

Anything repeated 3 times is a signal of distress.

DR

[DRDavenport]

Originally Posted by resaa

I'm not sure where else to ask this. I've seen the ENF scene for well over a decade, but I have no idea where it started. Based on the very limited remaining early references, it seems like the term came to be some time in the early 2000s. Looks like there was a Yahoo group called E_N_F_ that was quite early. Did it start there? Maybe on Usenet before that?

Maybe someone here remembers the history of how the initialism was actually coined.

Since this is an image board, here is an image of the old embarrassednudefemale.com, retrieved from the Wayback Machine, which was around my introduction to the term (in the early 2010s).

It was a reference to ENF on Yahoo that led me here....in 2004

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by DRDavenport

Anything repeated 3 times is a signal of distress.

DR

Oh great, now I have to choose between;
Yep, yep, yep - Al Delvecchio
Or;
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar - Felix Unger
If I'm ever in a plane that's plummetting to the ground.

[resaa]

Originally Posted by lonmol

I coined the term EUF on that forum, at around the same time.
It's my one, and only contribution to human culture.

Wow, a great contribution to be sure! Actually it would be amazing if you could officially declare what the "U" stands for, because it seems to be something of a controversy! Even Wiktionary's definition is unsure between Underwear, Undressed, and Underclothed.

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by resaa

Wow, a great contribution to be sure! Actually it would be amazing if you could officially declare what the "U" stands for, because it seems to be something of a controversy! Even Wiktionary's definition is unsure between Underwear, Undressed, and Underclothed.

Underwear-clad.
I didn't really think it through.