Quotations

• 1948, "Don Burke, chief of TIME Inc.'s Cairo bureau," Time , 14 Jun.,

  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."

Usage notes

• Although its usage long predates the internet and text messaging, FYI is now probably used most frequently in electronic communications.