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What does TFA mean in this context?

• dijit 2y ago
  The (Freaking|Fu**ing|Fine|Founding|First) Article. A way of referencing the article that has been submitted and these comments are discussing.
  • BossingAround 2y ago
    Probably one of the most useless and pointless TLA I've come across so far. TIHI.
    • baruz 2y ago
      It derives from an expression deep in the history of Usenet or e-mail (hyphenated), when hapless newbies (two syllables) were told by harried sysops to RTFM, read the f* manual.
      • ziml77 2y ago
        And while it is being used now to simply reference the article, RTFA was originally used in the same way as RTFM. A way of expressing frustration to a commenter who should have read the fucking article first.
        • baruz 2y ago
          Indeed. I usually go with “OP” in non-frustrated contexts, myself.
• bmacho 2y ago
  The Featured Article. I think it is a HN term? typical usages: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=TFA&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  • dotancohen 2y ago
    We were using the acronym back on Chips and Dips.