# What does the abbreviation ETA stand for? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000 "2021-01-08T05:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/1 "2021-01-08T05:26:05Z")
ETA , as used to add something to your post after sending it. E means “edit” , I assume. What,s the TA mean? (And where is the smilie for "facepalm, I’m embarrassed about my post). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/2 "2021-01-08T05:27:12Z")
Edited To Add ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/3 "2021-01-08T05:46:05Z")
Estimated Time of Arrival. 😝 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/4 "2021-01-08T06:22:23Z")
Eric the Actor ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/5 "2021-01-08T06:48:04Z")
Look, I took the hit and gave the serious answer to tee you guys up. Let’s see some better efforts please. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/6 "2021-01-08T08:25:23Z")
Egad, thy anguish! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/7 "2021-01-08T08:57:34Z")
Extraneous Text Abridgment Exit To Albuquerque Eternal Trump Admirer Embrace The Autogolpe Existential Threat Anxiety Enlightenment Through Autoflagellation Emergency Tactical Abequitation ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/8 "2021-01-08T09:12:53Z")
Everyone Thinks you are an… Ok. edited to add. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/9 "2021-01-08T09:22:40Z")
Extra Tits n’ Asses. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/10 "2021-01-08T10:46:13Z")
η Or H. One of those. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/11 "2021-01-08T12:34:33Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Edited To Add And with that, the occasionally used (at least outside of Mafia threads) NETA is Not Edited To Add. A separate post that you would have otherwise edited in to your previous post but didn’t or couldn’t. I usually use it to imply that I missed the edit window. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/12 "2021-01-08T14:20:13Z")
_rimshot_ ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/13 "2021-01-08T16:34:59Z")
Expensive Toolbox Addition. My fave. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/14 "2021-01-09T10:17:17Z")
Extra Terrestrials Above. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/15 "2021-01-09T15:09:06Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > (And where is the smilie for "facepalm It went away when the site was redesigned, but I saved it. [![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pn2pbeomhyhsfrh/smack.gif?dl=0) ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pn2pbeomhyhsfrh/smack.gif?dl=0) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/16 "2021-01-09T16:11:16Z")
Enjoy This Addendum or Embrace Total Annihilation It depends on the context. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/17 "2021-01-09T16:21:54Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > (And where is the smilie for "facepalm, I’m embarrassed about my post). 🙂 Discourse has 2: male 🤦‍♂️ & female 🤦‍♀️. They’re in the section labeled “People and Body” not “Smileys and Emotion”. Like most (all?) Discourse faces you can also adjust the skin tone. I don’t much care for them; I think they look more like “peek-a-boo” than “Oh Shit!” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/18 "2021-01-10T23:39:43Z")
If you prefer a more belligerent interpretation: _ **Eat This, Asshole!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/19 "2021-01-14T01:13:54Z")
That’s one hell of a significant comma. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/20 "2021-01-14T01:23:27Z")
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