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RTFM
Abbreviation of Read The Fucking Manual and close kin to lurk moar, RTFM refers to the manual pages (or "man" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in *nix variants.
It has since mutated to refer to reading any help pages or FAQs, typically as a response in mailing lists and chat rooms, when a newbie asks questions for which the answers are readily available from other sources. Even then, some people are too retarded to bother. It is expected that if you want to play in places like misc@openbsd that you have already done your homework. or, RTFM'd.
While the word "read" itself is a verb, the entire acronym is often used as a verb as well. Ex.
<n00b>How do I set up pf to do ALTQ? <Theo>Dumbass, man it. <n00b>omg, *cry* <Theo>You're lucky all I did was RTFM you. *Theo sets mode : +b *!n00b@*
RTFM has actually spawned other similar abbreviations, including: STFW, LMGTFY, RTFA (RTF-Article), RTFSC (RTF-Source Code), WTFV (Watch The Fucking Video), GIYF (Google Is Your Friend).
A common alternative to RTFM is to stop using Linux and move out of your parents' basement.
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- TL;DR
- LURK MOAR
- Books
- ED:101 The manual for this website. RTFM.
- http://justfuckinggoogleit.com
- let me google that for you dot com
- http://l2google.com
- http://www.readthefuckingmanual.com/
- How to avoid getting this response
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