Korean slang profile
FYI
FYI
For your information
The English abbreviation used when passing along information someone may find useful.
- Expanded form
- for your informationFor your information
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 3, 2016
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
FYI, 자료는 메일로 보냈어요.
FYI, I've emailed you the materials.
- Quoted from a source
FYI: for your information 참고로[1]
FYI: for your information
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- October 2016FYI: for your information[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for “for your information.” The 2016 source from The Korea Daily explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 알아두면 좋은 원어민 필수 채팅 약자 ! (미주중앙일보)Published Oct 3, 2016Original source checked Nov 5, 2026