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What Does n/t Mean? (Original Post) FelineOverlord Oct 2020 OP
No text soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
It means there is 'no text' in the message body of the post. The only text is in the reply title. fleur-de-lisa Oct 2020 #2
Not sure why nt is used. SheltieLover Oct 2020 #3
It means there is no textin the post. Just the headline Flo Mingo Oct 2020 #4
What Does n/t Mean? FelineOverlord Oct 2020 #5
Welcome to DU! WhiteTara Oct 2020 #6
It's so you don't waste your time clicking into the body of the message. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #7
Until I leaned better, I googled it and kept coming up with "nice try", which made a lot of sense Firestorm49 Oct 2020 #8
nice try quaint Oct 2020 #9

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
2. It means there is 'no text' in the message body of the post. The only text is in the reply title.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:46 AM
Oct 2020

It is intended to alert people that your entire message is in the 'reply title.' I appreciate it when people use it.

Firestorm49

(4,030 posts)
8. Until I leaned better, I googled it and kept coming up with "nice try", which made a lot of sense
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 10:33 AM
Oct 2020

in some cases, but was off the wall in others.

Inasmuch as acronyms are used by those who think everybody knows the meaning, and, when googling them I often have to smack myself in the head for being so stupid for not putting two and too (😂 together, they are often a challenge.

And to this end, thanks for clearing up “nt.”

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