Appt

/əˈpɔɪntmənt/ noun

Definition

Abbreviated form of 'appointment'; a scheduled meeting or arrangement at a specific time.

Etymology

Appt is a modern abbreviation of appointment (from appoint, Old French apointer: to arrange + -ment suffix). Abbreviations emerged in the 20th century with texting and calendar notation.

Kelly Says

Appt lives in a weird textual space—too informal for professional emails but too ubiquitous to ignore. It's the ultimate calendar abbreviation, born from the digital age's need to save three keystrokes.

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