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Clarifying

Clarifying your own ideas In other words, What I mean is . . . What I'm trying to say is . . . What I wanted to say was . . . To clarify, Asking for Clarification What do you mean (by that)? What are you trying to say? What was that again? Could you clarify that? Clarifying another's ideas You mean . . . What you mean is . . . What you're saying is . . . (I think) what she means is . . . What he's trying to say is . . . If I understand you, (you're saying that . . . ) If I'm hearing you correctly, So, you think (that) . . . So, your idea is . . 

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. TGIF =  Try Getting Into Fashion Thank God It's Friday To Get It Fixed   2. FYI =  For Your Information From Your Inanity From Your Instinct   3. i.e. =  Any questions? That is to say There you have it   4. AI =  Artificial Iodine Artificial Intelligence Artificial Ice   5. KO =  Kaleidoscopic Knockout Knock Only   6. IOU =  I owe you I owe money It's often unfit   7. PS =  Park Slowly Post Secretly Postscript   8. ASAP =  As Slowly As Possible Answer Secretly And Privately As Soon As Possible   9. ATM =  Auto-Tuning Machine Automated Teller Machine Automatic Train Mechanism   10. BC =  Before Churches Before Christianity Before Christ   Chat rooms & SMS acronyms An acronym is a word formed from the first or first few letters of several words. eg: ASAP = As Soon As Possible. This scripted online conversation is full of acronyms. Our friend, Sylvain, finds it very hard to understand...