What Does This Mean?

AFAYK

[ SLANG ][ INTERNET ABBREVIATION ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Internet SlangCLUSTER: hedging_abbreviations

A chat abbreviation for "as far as you know", used when asking what the other person knows, for example about a plan or a fact.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Is the store open on Sunday, AFAYK?""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary describes it as an adverb in informal internet and text-message use, modeled on the older abbreviation AFAIK. It gives no date of first use.

FIRST SEEN

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PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s-2010s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:AFAIK IMHO FWIW

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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