FYI
- symbol
- Just FYI, the meeting has been moved to 3 PM.
And then I said like, FYI, they ghosted me.
- And then I said like, FYI, they ghosted me.
- But just FYI, it's a lot.
- That green juice is not sweet, tastes like a garden, FYI, just so you can imagine that.
- Marielle, FYI, that's for your information.
- My kids, though, FYI, love it.
- Umbrellas aren't easy either, just FYI.
- So you can see me in that, too, playing Sister Rosetta Tharp, who invented rock'n'roll, FYI.
Examples
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Marielle, FYI, that's for your information.
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My kids, though, FYI, love it.
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But just FYI, it's a lot.
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Their free gifts are usually very good, so just FYI should get the free gift.
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And also for your own FYI here, we also have a lot of other growing guides.
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Also, just FYI, you can absolutely lose your shirt selling options if you don't do it the right way.
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I think that just FYI for those that are tuning in, this is actually the first episode I've recorded in the studio.
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My favorite mascara of the year, FYI, and they're real.
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I wanted to share some insights with you, FYI, about the upcoming project.
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FYI, the report was submitted last week and is now under review.
Synonyms
You use it when telling someone something they may not know, often politely or to show they were wrong
To add a short extra comment in a message or conversation
How Formal
Surface Forms
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.