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[-] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

ETA? Estimated Time of Arrival?

In this context, it means "Edited To Add". I do wish they abbreviated it some other way, since "Estimated Time of Arrival" is a much more common meaning. I would accept "E2A" or something stupid, as long as it was more unique. Alternatively, they could just use "Edit:".

Edit: added link.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

This is my first time reading about this alternate "ETA" initialism. Interesting...

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

ETA: Mine, too.

(ETA in this context means "Entering Text As:")

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What an ~~Enternaining~~ Entertaining Twist of an Acronym.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh no, we're out of letters!

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