A colleague just signed off an email to me with "more anon." What does that mean?

Factual Questions
1

To be exact, his email signed off as follows:

*more anon, best, joe *

What does that mean?

FWIW, it was a short, choppy email with several typical email-style truncations and shorthand words. Maybe “more anon” is one of those, too.

2

Anon means soon or shortly.

3

“More another time” perhaps?

4

anon = ‘soon’ or ‘later’.

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In that context, “anon” means in a short time or soon. It has no relation to the Latin/Greek-derived word anonymous – it comes from Old English.

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[QUOTE=Giles]
In that context, “anon” means in a short time or soon. It has no relation to the Latin/Greek-derived word anonymous – it comes from Old English.
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More info:
O.E., on an “into one, straightway (in one course), at once”; by gradual misuse, “soon, in a little while” (1526). Per Online Etymology Dictionary.

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[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha]
More info:
O.E., on an “into one, straightway (in one course), at once”; by gradual misuse, “soon, in a little while” (1526). Per Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Right. And “I’ll be with you in a second.”

8

This thread needs more Anon.

– Anon

9

Your buddy has been attending too many Shakespeare performances lately.

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[QUOTE=Ludovic]
This thread needs more Anon.

– Anon
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OK, Al.

11

It means your colleague is way smarter than you and you should treat him with due respect. :smiley:

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[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase]
It means your colleague is way smarter than you and you should treat him with due respect. :smiley:
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Don’t I know it. And his Pulitzer Prize reminds me in case I forget!

Thanks all, for the informative responses.

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[QUOTE=Finagle]
Your buddy has been attending too many Shakespeare performances lately.
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Either that, or doing too many crossword puzzles.

14

So if somebody is going to Alanon, are they going to soon be drunk?

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Read Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene iv

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[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink]
Either that, or doing too many crossword puzzles.
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No such thing! :wink:

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[QUOTE=Phase42]
So if somebody is going to Alanon, are they going to soon be drunk?
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That, or they’re going to talk to a wizard (sorry: “druid”) in a really bad and derivative piece of fantasy hackwork.