# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/21 "2021-01-14T01:32:53Z")
I thought it was Erik the Awful… ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/22 "2021-01-14T04:14:38Z")
Enter The Arena. Followed shorty by PTD Prepare to Die! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/23 "2021-01-14T04:32:52Z")
@CookingWithGas – Did you save any other of the old board emoticons? The old roll-eyes was better too. All of them were, actually. (The really old old roll-eyes was even better still.) I’ve been linking the face-palm from Giraffeboard, which Giraffe himself seemed okay with, but some other users here expressed some objections. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/24 "2021-01-14T13:09:28Z")
No, that’s the only one. I didn’t copy it to archive it in anticipation of it going away, I grabbed it because that’s the only one I’d ever seen and I used it on other boards. ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/25 "2021-01-14T16:06:31Z")
In one of the many previous threads & posts about Discourse’s icons somebody had a link to the factory standard icons provided by vBulletin from whichever source one downloads vBulletin itself to install. I don’t have time to search it up now, but that info is on here somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/26 "2021-01-14T16:14:48Z")
That’s a new one to me. I don’t think I’ve seen NETA yet. I usually just write "missed edit " (or at least I thought I did, but a search is not showing anything. Maybe I use a different phrase.) Hey, there we go, we can do MEW for “missed edit window.” Let’s abbreviate and acronymize the hell out of everything! (I’m reading through a counseling-type book and I swear to Og it feels like every fifth word is an acronym or initialism.) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/27 "2021-01-14T16:20:05Z")
Extra Testicle Anomaly ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/28 "2021-01-14T18:31:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In one of the many previous threads & posts about Discourse’s icons somebody had a link to the factory standard icons provided by vBulletin from whichever source one downloads vBulletin itself to install. I thought the “facepalm” icon was a SDMB custom icon created by one of the users here. As for ETA: When I miss an edit window and thus need to make a new post to add to the previous post, I just use the ETA acronym even though it’s in a separate post. I trust that everyone will understand. ---
**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 14, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/29 "2021-01-14T23:05:07Z")
I use “Late add” or “Hit send too soon” as my leader for follow-on posts. But I’d certainly get your intent w ETA in the same spot. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/30 "2021-01-20T14:49:32Z")
Just think of it as “excuse the attitude” and this board is so much more polite. ---
**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 21, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-abbreviation-eta-stand-for/930000/31 "2021-01-21T15:43:29Z")
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