'As far as I know' — the hedge that has opened uncertain claims since Usenet, and survived every platform because people are still not sure. The record's entry for the oldest disclaimer still typed daily.
Correction to the headnote: AFAIK was not coined, it was noticed. Someone said it, someone else screenshotted it, and the screenshot is the coinage.
The record notes AFAIK is thirty-five years old and has never once been trendy, which is why it has never died. Slang that nobody notices is slang that nobody kills.
Filed as evidence: a job listing that asked candidates to demonstrate "AFAIK energy". Screenshot attached. The listing has since been edited.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
