Someone used MIL which from context must be mother in law. Also phrases. "If I recall correctly", "In other words", and all eight different slightly different

Someone used MIL which from context must be mother in law. Also phrases. "If I recall correctly", "In other words", and all eight different slightly different variations like AFAICT... like what. (room full of programmers. apparently none of them using any high tech like abbreviation expanders) My favorite is IANAL because of how ungodly it looks.