FWIW

FWIW

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of for what it's worth.

   Alternative form: fwiw

   • 1986 August 27, Marc A. Ries, “Re: UNIX v.3 Query”, in net.unix‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <1267@trwrb.UUCP>:

     Supposidly,^[sic] SVR3 was developed on the 400 line, and ports to the 3B5/15 line are not due out until early next year. FWIW.

   • 1986 November 26, Marc A. Ries, “Re: Berkely Unix ported to NCR Tower32”, in comp.unix.wizards‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2020-07-21, message-ID <1441@trwrb.UUCP>:

     Anyway, the PD libraries for "strings" and "ndir" were the saving grace, once "job control" was conditionally compiled out. FWIW.

   • 1987 January 6, William Daul, “B-52's don't fly out of Moffett Naval Air Station”, in mod.politics.arms-d‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <8701070354.AA12777@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>:

     I spoke with a person that was a crew member of a P3-ORION out of Moffett. Although the Navy will not admit or deny the presence of nuclear depth-charges...he said that they routinely carry them during training...in case the training turns into the REAL thing while they are in the air. FWIW, --Bi// (For What It Is Worth)

2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of folga wooga imoga womp. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Alternative form: fwiw