English Vocabulary Booster

Episode 20
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Acronyms FYI
OMG
TMI
ASAP
NBD

Last weekend I celebrated my birthday. It took me months to plan it, oh and, FYI, the guy I
like was going to be there. Well, I wake up in the morning, super excited. I look in the mirror
and OMG. I see this huge pimple, right in the middle of my forehead. I swear it was the
biggest pimple I had ever seen. In the afternoon, right before getting ready for the party, I
checked again and it was twice as big and even redder. Sorry, I know this is probably TMI.
Anyway, I called my doctor’s office and asked the secretary to have the doctor call me
back ASAP. When he did and I explained the situation to him, he said it was NBD, I just had
to wait and it would go away. He couldn’t understand. There was only one thing I could do:
I took a pair of scissors and cut my hair so it would hide my forehead. Nobody noticed my
pimple at the party, only how ridiculous I looked with that terrible new haircut.

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FYI - And, FYI, the guy I like was going to be there.
• What does the acronym FYI stand for?
• Is FYI used in formal or informal communications?

OMG - OMG, I see this huge pimple.

• What does the acronym OMG stand for?
• Is OMG used in formal or informal communications?
• Do you use it when you are bored or surprised?

TMI - I know this is probably TMI.

• What does the acronym TMI stand for?
• Is TMI used in formal or informal communications?
• Why do you use the acronym TMI? Because what you’ve said is appropriate or inappro-
priate?
• What topics would you consider TMI?

ASAP - I asked the secretary to have the doctor call me back ASAP.
• What does the acronym ASAP stand for?
• Is ASAP used in formal or informal communications?
• If someone tells you to call them or text them ASAP, do you actually do it?

NBD - He said it was NBD.

• What does the acronym NBD stand for?
• Is NBD used in formal or informal communications?
• Is it used to say something is important or not important?
• Do you think a pimple on the forehead in NBD?

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