#ANOTHER WORD FOR SIGN OFF PROFESSIONAL#

Pros and cons: Last year, The Atlantic investigated xo's quiet invasion of the workplace lexicon: 'xo is not a habit unique to 20‑somethings reared on Gossip Girl,' wrote The Atlantic's Jessica Bernett and Rachel Simmons.

(Defining X as 'kiss' goes all the way back to 1763, according to The Oxford English Dictionary.) Richard Kirshenbaum, chief executive of the ad firm Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, once told The New York Times that 'warmly' felt like a comfortable middle between 'love' and 'sincerely.' 'I want to convey a sense of warmth and passion, but also be appropriate,' he said. Think 'regards' drained of its latent nastiness. Pros and cons: It's succinct and good natured. What it means: 'With warmth,' but in adverb form. Go-getters with slightly sociopathic tendencies. According to one commenter at Giga Om, 'regards' communicates something akin to 'go to hell.'

#ANOTHER WORD FOR SIGN OFF PROFESSIONAL#

On one hand, its formality gives you a professional blank slate - great for that new co-worker you can't quite get a read on yet. Pros and cons: This is one of those divisive sign-offs. 'It is too bad that the English language does not permit the charming and careful closing of all letters in the French manner,' writes Post (p.294). What it means: Short for 'kindest regards,' at least according to Emily Post's seminal work, Etiquette. That co-worker who can't wait for Friday.

351 states that 'Americans who say 'cheers' are pretentious twits.' At the same time, signing emails this way makes it sound like you really need a drink. What it means: By the late 14th century, the verb cheer had taken on two meanings: (1) To 'cheer up, humor, console,' and (2) 'to entertain with food or drink.' Let's go with the latter.

Another word for sign off