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I love this. I'm also extremely fond of EOM (short for End Of Message. An email with a short subject and no body). Often I send EOMs to imply a VSRE. For examp

by qeorge 13y ago

I love this. I'm also extremely fond of EOM (short for End Of Message. An email with a short subject and no body). Often I send EOMs to imply a VSRE. For example, "Grill tonight? Have burgers. Off work @ 6. EOM" Very interested in learning others.

sgpl 13y ago
NNTR: 'no need to reply' is another common abbreviation. Pro-tip: Use them as TextExpander snippets to avoid getting another message asking you to clarify what EOM/NNTR means as only a subset of people are familiar with & use these abbreviations.
- jessepollak 13y ago
  NNTR or NNRT?
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- jimbokun 13y ago
  Until everyone starts communicating this way, and it becomes completely normal. Remember, a geek invented the smiley ( and I'm sure there are many other examples).
- qeorge 13y ago
  NNTR is great! Thank you!
openmx 13y ago
I see you enjoy neardoc/heredoc
fsckin 13y ago
NT: No text This one is shorter than the rest, and easy to grok. VSRE OR EOM? I'd have to look those up.
- corin_ 13y ago
  Between NT and EOM why does being shorter make it more obvious, you'd need to look after whichever one you hadn't heard before. If anything I'd say EOM is easier to guess, due to its similarity with other acronyms: EOL (coding) EOP (business) where EO always stands for End Of.
  - thenonsequitur 13y ago
    I agree. I'd never guess what NT stood for. Even if I managed to deduce what it meant and how to use it by its usage patterns, I'd still not be able to guess. It reminds me of NB -- an acronym I learned how to use from context and even began using myself occasionally, only years later realizing I didn't actually know what it stood for. EOM, on the other hand, is immediately clear to me because of it's similarity to EOL (end-of-line) and EOF (end-of-file).
AndrewKemendo 13y ago
I turned my wife onto EOM and she adopted it right away which has saved some time I am sure. I am also going to be using VSRE in upcoming messages where applicable.

by qeorge 13y ago

sgpl 13y ago

NNTR: 'no need to reply' is another common abbreviation. Pro-tip: Use them as TextExpander snippets to avoid getting another message asking you to clarify what EOM/NNTR means as only a subset of people are familiar with & use these abbreviations.

jessepollak 13y ago
NNTR or NNRT?
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jimbokun 13y ago
Until everyone starts communicating this way, and it becomes completely normal. Remember, a geek invented the smiley ( and I'm sure there are many other examples).
qeorge 13y ago
NNTR is great! Thank you!

openmx 13y ago

I see you enjoy neardoc/heredoc

fsckin 13y ago

NT: No text This one is shorter than the rest, and easy to grok. VSRE OR EOM? I'd have to look those up.

corin_ 13y ago
Between NT and EOM why does being shorter make it more obvious, you'd need to look after whichever one you hadn't heard before. If anything I'd say EOM is easier to guess, due to its similarity with other acronyms: EOL (coding) EOP (business) where EO always stands for End Of.
- thenonsequitur 13y ago
  I agree. I'd never guess what NT stood for. Even if I managed to deduce what it meant and how to use it by its usage patterns, I'd still not be able to guess. It reminds me of NB -- an acronym I learned how to use from context and even began using myself occasionally, only years later realizing I didn't actually know what it stood for. EOM, on the other hand, is immediately clear to me because of it's similarity to EOL (end-of-line) and EOF (end-of-file).

AndrewKemendo 13y ago

I turned my wife onto EOM and she adopted it right away which has saved some time I am sure. I am also going to be using VSRE in upcoming messages where applicable.