:RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Manual'. 1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they
consider trivial or annoying. Compare {Don't do that, then!}.
2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
asking out of {randomness}. "No, I can't figure out how to
interface UNIX to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also {FM},
{RTFAQ}, {RTFB}, {RTFS}, {RTM}, all of which mutated
from RTFM, and compare {UTSL}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Manual'. 1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they
consider trivial or annoying. Compare {Don't do that, then!}.
2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
asking out of {randomness}. "No, I can't figure out how to
interface UNIX to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also {FM},
{RTFAQ}, {RTFB}, {RTFS}, {RTM}, all of which mutated
from RTFM, and compare {UTSL}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- RTFM /R-T-F-M/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Manual'.
1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they consider... - RTFS /R-T-F-S/
[Unix] 1. imp. Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Source'.
Variant form of RTFM, used when the problem at hand... - FM: /F-M/ n. *Not* `Frequency Modulation' but rather an
abbreviation for `Fucking Manual',
the back-formation from {RTFM}. Used to refer to... - FM /F-M/ n.
1. [common] Not `Frequency
Modulation' but rather an abbreviation for `Fucking Manual',
the back-formation from RTFM. Used to refer to the... - RTFB: /R-T-F-B/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Binary'.
Used when neither documentation nor source for the... - RTM: /R-T-M/ [USENET: abbreviation for `Read The Manual']
1.
Politer variant of {RTFM}. 2. Robert T. Morris Jr... - RTBM: /R-T-B-M/ [UNIX] imp. Commonwealth Hackish variant of
{RTFM};
expands to `Read The Bloody Manual'. RTBM is often... - RTFAQ: /R-T-F-A-Q/ [USENET: primarily written, by analogy with
{RTFM}] imp.
Abbrev. for `Read the FAQ!', an exhortation that ... - RTFB /R-T-F-B/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking
Binary'.
Used when neither documentation nor source for the...
From the same category:
- Do you want fries with that?
--
McDonald's... - Listen, Bender, where's your bathroom?" -Fry
"Bath what?" -Bender
"Bathroom." -Fry
"What room?" -Bender
"Bathroom!" -Fry
"What what?" Bender
"Ah,
nevermind." ... - Cheaper than IBM
P.C.... - You must accept the truth from whatever source it
comes. --... - If it can break, it will, but only after the warranty expires.
Sherry...
