The initialism is used in manuscripts to indicate where material is expected for future insertion.
In writing newspaper articles before full facts were available, it used to be common for reporters to write 000 (q.v.) for numbers expected to become available before the story was filed.
Occasionally, the numbers didn’t come in on time and the reporter failed to repair the relevant passage.
In that case, 000 would appear in print (as the number of confirmed casualties, say). (Of course, 000 confirmed casualties would be correct in that case, though likely not what the reporter had in mind to convey.)
TK
To Kum. Facetious misspelling of to come.
The initialism is used in manuscripts to indicate where material is expected for future insertion.
In writing newspaper articles before full facts were available, it used to be common for reporters to write 000 (q.v.) for numbers expected to become available before the story was filed.
Occasionally, the numbers didn’t come in on time and the reporter failed to repair the relevant passage.
In that case, 000 would appear in print (as the number of confirmed casualties, say). (Of course, 000 confirmed casualties would be correct in that case, though likely not what the reporter had in mind to convey.)