Re: AFAIK

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 58334
Date: 2008-05-04

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From: "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] AFAIK


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> "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
> At 12:16:42 PM on Saturday, May 3, 2008, Andrew Jarrette
> wrote:
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> > I would like to know, what does this AFAIK that I have
> > seen frequently lately stand for?
>
> Standard abbreviation for 'as far as I know'. It's one of
> many such: IIRC 'if I remember correctly', AFAICT 'as far as
> I can tell', LOL 'laughing out loud', ROTFL 'rolling on the
> floor laughing', IANAL 'I am not a lawyer', IM(H)O 'in my
> (humble) opinion', IMNSHO 'in my not so humble opinion',
> YMMV 'your mileage may vary', etc. Like emoticons, they're
> common on Usenet and may well have begun there.
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>
>
> How about a new one, useful for me: PMI "pardon my ignorance".
>
> Andrew


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