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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty
I used the word "EEK" in a Microsoft Teams message to a coworker of mine in NY. She asked me what "EEK" was....so I said it is an expression of dismay. I count back over the many times I have used that word with her and I feel kind of silly that she didn't know what I was talking about. I'm glad she asked.
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Is she maybe a nonnative English speaker? I also think maybe it's one of those things that if you said it in front of her, she'd have gotten the meaning from, say, body language/tone of voice. I wonder if she could have thought it was an acronym or something?
But you had no way of knowing she didn't understand what you meant before (and I know EEK!).