Gone are the days where emails contained complete sentences, the new generation messaging system has a lot of abbreviations packed in. Abbreviations that save us the stress of having to type complete sentences and in turn allowing us to spend less time typing emails. These abbreviations have been accepted by people all over the world, include cooperate firms.
As useful as abbreviations sounds, not having knowledge of their meanings can completely destroy their purpose, As would spend more time trying to research their meaning and may actually leave you looking like a total nerd in the eyes of many. In this article, you are going to learn 50 most used abbreviations in emails. Knowledge of these abbreviations will make your typing faster and make reading emails more fun. The list of abbreviations includes:
- NRN – No Reply Necessary
2. LET – Leaving early today
3. EOM – End of message
4. PRB – Please Reply By
5. HTH – Hope that helps
6. WEH – Working from home
7. TLTR – Too long to read
8. TL;DR – Too long; Didn’t read
9. Y/N – Yes or No
10. ooo – Out of office
11. EOD – End of day
12. EOW – End of week
13. SFW – Safe for work
14. LMK – Let me know
15. IMO – In my opinion
16. BTW – By the way
17. IDK – I don’t know
18. FWIW – For what it’s worth
19. FYI – For your information
20. TYT – Take your time
21. AFAIK – As far as I know
22. AKA – Also known as
23. Approx – Approximately
24. ASAP – As soon as possible
25. BAC – By any chance
26. B4 – Before
27. BK – Because
28. BRB – Be right back
29. COD – Cash on delivery
30. CC – Carbon copy
31. CU – See you
32. CUL – See you later
33. DBA – Doing business as
34. EA – Each
35. EOF – End of file
36. F2F – Face to face
37. FWD – Forward
38. FYI – For your information
39. GA – Go ahead
40. HAND – Have a nice day
41. HHOK – haha only kidding
42. IAC – in any case
43. IOW – In other words
44. IDK – I don’t know
45. INC – Including, included
46. NN2R – No need to reply
47. OTOH – on the other hand
48. Re – Regarding
49. Res – Response
50. ROM – Read only member
These are 50 most used abbreviations in Emails. It is important you learn them and gain mastery, as they will make sending and reading Emails easier for you.