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FYI

FYI

5.5
A short note placed at the start of a message to show the information is for the reader
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translation icon : para tu información
  • Just FYI, the meeting has been moved to 3 PM.

And then I said like, FYI, they ghosted me.

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Examples

  • Marielle, FYI, that's for your information.

  • My kids, though, FYI, love it.

  • But just FYI, it's a lot.

  • Their free gifts are usually very good, so just FYI should get the free gift.

  • And also for your own FYI here, we also have a lot of other growing guides.

  • Also, just FYI, you can absolutely lose your shirt selling options if you don't do it the right way.

  • I think that just FYI for those that are tuning in, this is actually the first episode I've recorded in the studio.

  • My favorite mascara of the year, FYI, and they're real.

  • I wanted to share some insights with you, FYI, about the upcoming project.

  • FYI, the report was submitted last week and is now under review.

Synonyms

16 3.4

You use it when telling someone something they may not know, often politely or to show they were wrong

has identical meaning but is the short written abbreviation
BTW
vsFYI
  • Texting
7.2

To add a short extra comment in a message or conversation

focuses on useful or interesting information rather than incidental remarks

How Formal

FYI
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Surface Forms

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Morphology

FYI = your + information (semi-transparent) = F + Y + I

As a symbol/initialism, it encodes the phrase 'for your information' directly but relies on knowledge of abbreviation use rather than morphological composition. [Postprocessing: moved 'for' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word FYI comes from the phrase for your information, which means 'for your information'. People put FYI at the start of an email or sentence to show the next words are useful or interesting to the reader.