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What does TFA mean? (yes, i googled and I'm pretty sure it's not two factor authentication)

• wnevets 4y ago
  the fucking article
• chitowneats 4y ago
  Most likely derived from the developer phrase "RTFM" (read the fucking manual)
• jfengel 4y ago
  I would note that TFA has slightly ameliorated; it wasn't intended to sound mean as "the fucking article" suggests. It's commonly used to just mean "the article", with the swear word sort of disappearing. I hope I didn't cause offense; I just didn't want consider it.
• potatochup 4y ago
  I always thought it was "the featured article"
  • stripline 4y ago
    That is cute. Like a story I heard about a kid that thought WTF stood for "Wow, that's funny".
    • ratsmack 4y ago
      I'm surprised this thread is on HN, and it actually gives me hope.
    • mrexroad 4y ago
      Why The Face?
• throwaway81523 4y ago
  The Fine Article. Like RTFM, Read The Fine Manual, or more often a slight variant.