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a discourse initialism that introduces a contrasting point, used in forums, chats and emails.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""The phone is cheap, OTOH the battery is poor.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wiktionary lists it as English internet slang and text-messaging prepositional-phrase initialism. Wiktionary gives no etymology or date of first use.
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