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FYI en · X

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/
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Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of for your information.
   alt of for your information
   • He forwards so many FYIs that sometimes it feels a bit like the boy who cried wolf. [noun use]
   • At the close of a recent cable describing the recovery of his censor-held photographs of the fighting in the Holy Land, Life photographer John Phillips added the casual postscript: "FYI, Burke narrowly escaped death outside Jerusalem a few days ago." 1948 June 14, “Don Burke, chief of Time Inc.'s Cairo bureau”, in Time:
   • I just wanted to give you an FYI about the donuts in the break room. [noun use]
   • But I’ve only ever used it combined with hormonal birth control, FYI, and I’m currently not on any birth control. 2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
   • FYI, there are donuts in the break room. [sentence adverbial use]

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