without requiring such a euphemism? It's not like the word is shorter and easier to type or anything.

lolol, I know and you're so right about this, but old habits die slow.
since I started reading fics at the age of 15, I'm used to these terms (and that wasn't only anime back then, also movies and books)

when I became active here, it was weird for me at first to refer to Brian/Justin, when I read BJ, because that stands for blowjob, lolol