# What does ETA stand for on this board?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 26, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780 "2007-02-26T21:46:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/1 "2007-02-26T21:46:33Z")

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Honest question. Sorry for being so dense.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/2 "2007-02-26T21:48:14Z")

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Welcome to the Dope.

This sort of question belongs in the About This Message Board section.

But, I’m not sure of the ETA that you speak. Can you use it in a sentence?

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/3 "2007-02-26T21:49:48Z")

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It ususally means “edited to add.”

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/4 "2007-02-26T21:50:17Z")

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Edited To Add. Introduced when we got the edit function.

For instance, “ETA: But I’m not a racist. Some of my best friends are Estonian, honest!”

Or "ETA: Spellign correctoins

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**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/5 "2007-02-26T21:55:25Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Edited To Add. Introduced when we got the edit function.

For instance, “ETA: But I’m not a racist. Some of my best friends are Estonian, honest!”

Or "ETA: Spellign correctoins  
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Ah, makes sense. I’m glad it’s not something y’all have been using through all my years of lurking. Thanks to everybody.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/6 "2007-02-26T22:20:53Z")

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:smack:

And all these years I’ve been thinking someone was putting in an aside to **EddyTeddyFreddy** , and just typo’d the initials.

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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for-on-this-board/393780/7 "2007-02-26T22:25:17Z")

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I always took it as a boast that you’re a Basque terrorist and that people should think twice about Pitting you.