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As a side note... what does TFA mean? I've seen it a few times here. Does it mean "the f*cking article"?
by dqv 6y ago
As a side note... what does TFA mean? I've seen it a few times here. Does it mean "the f*cking article"?
- DrJid 6y agoI thought it meant Thanks For Asking - But I was wrong.
- koolba 6y agoIf you’re being pleasant, it’s “the fine article”. If you’re feeling cheeky, you can pick your own 7 letter word that starts with an “F”.
- tanujraghav 6y agoI think it means "The Featured Article".
- monster_group 6y agoI always interpreted as "The Full Article" (as opposed to just the title).
- test1235 6y agoI like this one ... I've always thought 'the fcking article' to be really passive aggressive.
- kevincrane 6y agoYep, you got it right. It used to come from "RTFA" (read the fucking article) years ago when people would ask questions in the comments that were clearly answered in the article, then eventually morphed to include FTFA (from the article) and just TFA. Edit: just googled this to see if I was giving you wrong info also, and it looks like it came out of RTFM (read the fucking manual) for people in early Unix communities too.