Picture, if you will, two people having a casual conversation —
“Have you heard of E.G.?”
“E.G.? … like the latin acronym for ‘exempli gratia,’ meaning ‘for example?’”
“Dude, what? No … I’m talking about Erika Glass.”
“Oh, you meant like that E.G.!”
Other acceptable usage cases —
“I like that E.G.!”
I reserve the right to use e.g. and ‘for example’ interchangeably. Additionally, I will be exploiting any pun opportunities should they arise.