"FWIW" meaning in All languages combined

See FWIW on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} FWIW, {{en-PP}} FWIW
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of for what it's worth. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: for what it's worth
    Sense id: en-FWIW-en-prep_phrase-hA5B7otQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1
  2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of folga wooga imoga womp. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: folga wooga imoga womp
    Sense id: en-FWIW-en-prep_phrase-qVL0Y5mV
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          "ref": "1986 August 27, Marc A. Ries, “Re: UNIX v.3 Query”, in net.unix (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <1267@trwrb.UUCP>:",
          "text": "Supposidly,^([sic]) SVR3 was developed on the 400 line, and ports to the 3B5/15 line are not due out until early next year. FWIW.",
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          "ref": "1986 November 26, Marc A. Ries, “Re: Berkely Unix ported to NCR Tower32”, in comp.unix.wizards (Usenet), retrieved 2020-07-21, message-ID <1441@trwrb.UUCP>:",
          "text": "Anyway, the PD libraries for \"strings\" and \"ndir\" were the saving grace, once \"job control\" was conditionally compiled out. FWIW.",
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          "ref": "1987 January 6, William Daul, “B-52's don't fly out of Moffett Naval Air Station”, in mod.politics.arms-d (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <8701070354.AA12777@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>:",
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