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For your information. Used to flag a fact, update or document that the recipient might want to know but doesn't have to act on. Heavily used in workplace email, where forwarded threads often arrive with nothing but "FYI" in the body.
FYI the office wifi will be down for maintenance Saturday morning.
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- FWIW59%
For what it's worth. A softener placed before an opinion or observation to flag that the speaker knows the comment may not be useful or authoritative, but is offering it anyway. Often signals humility, occasionally signals passive-aggression depending on tone.
- FYM58%
(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) ; used to indicate confusion, or a state of rage, at something.
- facts55%
(Internet slang) Used to express agreement.
- fytb54%
(Internet slang, texting, vulgar) : used to indicate confusion.
- ICYMI53%
In case you missed it. Used to re-share something — a tweet, news story, announcement — that the audience may have already seen, without sounding like you're assuming they didn't. A staple of social-media marketing copy and friendly group-chat recaps.