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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | TTFN |
Slang | Abbreviation. Source: Computer. Definition: Ta Ta For now, like saying you'll see them later..See you later, or until next time. Context: Used when saying goodbye or letting a person know that you are now exiting the chat room you would say TTFN. Social Source: Instant Messenger Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TTFN | English | Ta-Ta For Now | Computer - (slang, Usenet, IRC) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ttfn | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "f-n-t-t" | |
+2 letters: fatten. | |
+3 letters: antifat, fantast, fattens, fatting, fetting, fitment, fitting, flatten, tufting. | |
+4 letters: antileft, confetti, confetto, enfetter, faintest, fantasts, fattened, fattener, fetation, fettling, fistnote, fitments, fittings, flattens, flatting, flitting, footnote, fretting, fritting, frontlet, niftiest, nonfatty, oftenest, unfetter, unfitted, untufted. | |
+5 letters: antidraft, antitheft, befitting, candytuft, defatting, enfetters, facetting, fantasist, fantastic, fatteners, fattening, fattiness, festinate, fetations, fettering, fettlings, fettucine, fettucini, fifteenth, fistnotes, fittingly, flattened, flattener, flatulent, flintiest, flotation, fluctuant, footnoted, footnotes, footprint, footstone, forgotten, fortnight, fortunate, frontlets, infatuate, infestant, refitting, transfect, transfixt, unfetters, unfitting, untactful, unthrifty, ventifact. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 54 46 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- - ..-. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01010100 01000110 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T T F N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0054 0046 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54544048 |
| 1. Expressions: Internet 2. Abbreviations 3. Acronyms 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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