What Is Fwiw?
3.6BRAINROT SCOREFWIW Internet initialism for "for what it's worth", added to a remark to offer an opinion or fact tentatively, without claiming it settles anything.
Origin:Wiktionary lists it as an initialism of "for what it's worth" and gives Usenet quotations from 1986 (net.unix and comp.unix.wizards posts) and January 1987 (mod.politics.arms-d), which show it already in use in early online discussion groups.
First Seen:1986-08-27 (earliest Usenet quotation on Wiktionary, net.unix)
Peak Era:1980s Usenet onward
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""FWIW, the older version of the library still works fine for this.""
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