E-mail Acronyms

By Terri Jarus

 

You may be proficient at translating E-mailese, but users new to E-mail are often confused by the sprinkling of acronyms throughout their messages. For that reason, we’re listing some of the more common acronyms and their meanings:

 

AFAIK As far as I know
BTW By the way
FWIW For what it’s worth
HTH  Hope this helps
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMO  In my opinion
IOW In other words
LOL Lots of luck or Laughing out loud
MTIA
Many thanks in advance
NCAA No clue at all
ROFL Read on for laughs
ROTFL Rolling of the floor laughing
TIA  Thanks in advance

 

If these aren’t enough to WYW (wet your whistle), visit the following links to discover and learn more about other widely used acronyms:

 

http://www.anvillogic.com/products/

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

http://www.ucc.ie/acronym/

http://www.freeality.com/glossari.htm

http://www.libraryspot.com/acronyms.htm

 


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