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bobbiechentoday at 5:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

TK is a very standard term, see William Safire's usage in this 1996 NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/magazine/of-hacks-and-tk....


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pm215today at 5:07 PM

Mmm. This Q&A -- https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/M... -- suggests it's been kicking around as printing and journalism jargon since at least the 1980s, and I would expect probably earlier.

CommieBobDoletoday at 5:09 PM

Paywall-free link:

https://archive.is/Ipm3J