Nowadays very least communication happens through mailing services or postcards. Emails have become the most popular and used method of communication whether it’s corporate or small peer to peer communication, formal or informal. Even inside an office from one desk to another desk data is shared via emails. Every small talk happens through email because it can be used as partial official documentation. As the generations grow instead of typing whole sentences, we have come up with many abbreviations. For example “For your information” can be abbreviated as “FYI”, only 3 letters in place of 18 letters. These texting abbreviations are globally accepted even within large firms. Abbreviations reduce the time you spend on typing emails. So you should have an idea of most common email abbreviation and their acronyms which are used in formal communications.
Abbreviations can be very useful but if you don’t know their meaning, then their purpose is completely lost and you end up looking for the meaning of those abbreviations on the internet. It leads to more time waste at your end while those abbreviations saved time at sender’s end. Here I am going to share with you the list of most common abbreviations and acronyms used in offices. Knowledge of these email abbreviation makes you look smarter and make you more efficient. The list of email abbreviations and acronyms include:
50 Most Common Email Abbreviation and Acronyms
1. NRN – No Reply Necessary
3. WEH – Working from home
4. PRB – Please Reply By
5. HTH – Hope that helps
6. EOD – End of day
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. EOM – End of message
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. LET – Leaving early today
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. ROM – Read only member
34. EA – Each
35. EOF – End of file
36. F2F – Face to face
37. FWD – Forward
38. AFAIK – As far as I know
39. IDK – I don’t know
40. HAND – Have a nice day
41. HHOK – haha only kidding
42. IAC – in any case
43. IOW – In other words
44. GA – Go ahead
45. INC – Including, included
46. NN2R – No need to reply
47. OTOH – on the other hand
48. Re – Regarding
49. Res – Response
50. DBA – Doing business as
So these were 50 most used abbreviations in Emails. You should learn and keep these abbreviations in mind as they will make sending and reading emails a lot more easier for you.
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