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I love "anon" for that reason.

"I will be there anon!"

If anyone complains about me being there either too early or too late, or neither, I point them to the dictionary:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anon

It can either mean "now", "soon", or "later".



Oh, how interesting - I had a personal 'eggcorn' interpretation that it was an elision of "and on" (which also makes sense in many contexts), and never connected it to the word "anon" in writing!


Works the same if you don't say "anon" at all.




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