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RTFM

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Listen to the chairman.

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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  • The Manual, read it!
    The Manual, read it!
  • Sam is asking you nicely
    Sam is asking you nicely
  • He still got pwned by faggots
    He still got pwned by faggots
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See Also

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RTFM is part of a series on acronyms

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Internets Lingo

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Internet Places/Group

CDC • FCTC • FYAD • GNAA • IRC • LUE • PP4L • TJC • TOTSE

Moar Internet Shit

BBQ • GNU • GPG4Win • MTP • MMORPG • P2P • PGP • ROR

IRL Acronyms

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RTFM is part of a series on Language & Communication
Languages and Dialects • Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Style, and Usage • Rhetorical Strategies • Poetry • The Politics of Language and Communication • Media • Visual Rhetoric
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