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                                                Avoid in a business email
                   •  "Go  Jets!!"  /  Go  [insert  sports           •  High five from down low
                       team  here]–  unless  appropriate             •  Hugs
                       like you discussed Football                   •  Kisses," "xx," "xoxo," hugs"
                   •  "Hakuna  Matata"  –  this  is  from            •  Lots of love
                       the  movie  and  play,  The  Lion             •  Love
                       King.                                         •  More soon" – this means that you
                   •  "Keep on, keepin' on"   -                          will  be  emailing  again  in  a
                   •  "Live  long  and  prosper"  –  this  is            reasonably  short  period  of  time.
                       from the original television series,              What if you need more time than
                       Star Trek.                                        that?
                   •  "May  the  ____  be  with  you"  (a            •  Pardon my monkey thumbs
                       play on the phrase “may the force             •  Peace
                       be  with  you”  from  the  movie              •  Peace in the Middle East
                       series Star Wars)                             •  Please  consider  the environment
                   •  "May  the  odds  be  ever  in  your                before printing this e-mail.
                       favor"  –  this  is  from  the  movie         •  Rgds, – spell the word out
                       series, Hunger Games.                         •  Sent  from  a  prehistoric  stone
                   •  "Sending you good vibes"                           tablet
                   •  "To infinity and beyond" – this is             •  Smiley face
                       from  a  children’s  movie,  Toy              •  Take it easy bro
                       Story.                                        •  Thx, - spell the word out
                   •  As ever                                        •  Using other languages to sign-off.
                   •  Ciao  –  seen  as  pretentious                     So,  no  “Ciao”,  “Adios”,  “Au
                       coming from an American.                          revoir”,    “Auf    Wiedersehen”,
                   •  Emoticons                                          “Gracias”,  “Addio”,  “Dank  je”,  or
                   •  Have a blessed day                                 the like.
                   •  Have  a  wonderful  awesome                    •  XOXO
                       beautiful  [other  adjective]  day  –         •  Yours
                       this is just weird.  you could keep           •  Yours faithfully
                       it just to wonderful or great


















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