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  • initialism Internet Read the fucking manual

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Examples

  • You're familiar with the acronym RTFM read the f — manual?

    Cultural Resolutions 2010

  • I think that is more value than huge manuals - people who use the expression RTFM have probably never had to cope with a mountain of information presented to them as "ALL new".

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • I think that is more value than huge manuals - people who use the expression RTFM have probably never had to cope with a mountain of information presented to them as "ALL new".

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • During the Usenet era, questions on how to do something or solve certain problems were often answers with "RTFM" -- read the friendly manual.

    LXer Linux News 2008

  • The billionaire has a chuckle about the notion of RTFM--a colloquial abbreviation for Read The, um, "Friendly" Manual--taking on "a whole new meaning these days," in light of the Web's complexity.

    Faces Of The Week: May 8-12, 2006 Forbes.com staff 2006

  • The billionaire has a chuckle about the notion of RTFM--a colloquial abbreviation for Read The, um, "Friendly" Manual--taking on "a whole new meaning these days," in light of the Web's complexity.

    Mark Cuban Advises Parents Re Searching MySpace 2006

  • The so-called RTFM chip, the email went on to say, had been monitoring the behavior of users for "some time."

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • As Scott politely noted in email, you can avoid the problem I noted above by means of a clever procedure known as RTFM:

    Latest Microsoft Blogs Scott Hanselman - ASP.NET 2010

  • I spent far too much time on the various message boards and tech lists of the early '90's watching newbies including me getting hit with "RTFM".

    Do Your Research Before Asking For Help | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Small sample size, I know, but it does make me think things are changing, away from this "RTFM" style.

    rant about rant 2008

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