FR stands for for real. People use it to confirm something they've said or to ask whether something is really true. It's used in texting with friends and on social media; it doesn't belong in letters or essays.
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...fr?; ...fr.
- This pizza place near my office is amazing, fr.
- Wait, you're moving to Berlin next month, fr?
- fr, that was the best concert I've ever been to.
What changed
First versionDear team, the deadline is tomorrow at noon, fr, so please hurry.
RevisionDear team, the deadline is tomorrow at noon, so please hurry.
FR is a texting abbreviation, and a business email to the whole team is written without such tags. Here it's simply dropped, and the meaning of the sentence doesn't change.
When asking someone to confirm something, fr can be replaced with the neutral really: You got the job? Really? But really works in any conversation, even with a colleague or teacher, while fr is only for friends.
Your turn
I got the highest score in the whole class! — Wait, ___? That's amazing!
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fr — The speaker is stunned by the news and asks for confirmation — that's exactly what fr is for. With lol, the reply would read as laughing at the news, but the person is actually surprised and happy for their friend.
Write a short exchange with a friend: some surprising news, followed by a confirmation question with fr.
I passed my driving test first time! — fr? Congrats, now you can drive us to the beach!
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