You’ve seen it a million times... that little “CC” box in your email.

But what does it actually mean? Well, CC stands for carbon copy, a relic from the typewriter days when people used carbon paper to make duplicates. Basically, we’ve just digitised the messiest office trick from the 1950s.

These days, CC is how you keep people “in the loop” - they get the info, but they don’t have to do anything about it. It’s like saying, “You don’t need to reply, just… quietly know.”

It’s handy for transparency, accountability, or showing the boss you’re “on top of things” - even if you really just want to cover your butt.

Now, don’t confuse it with BCC - that’s the blind carbon copy, the email equivalent of whispering behind everyone’s back.

So next time you’re firing off that email, think twice before you CC the whole building… because no one likes being copied into chaos!