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  RTFM
       Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (telecommunication-slang, Usenet,
       IRC)
       
       

  RTFM /R-T-F-M/ imp. [Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking Manual'.
     1. Used by gurus 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, STFW, RTM, all of which mutated from
     RTFM, and compare UTSL.
  
  

  RTFM
       
           /R T F M/ Read The Fucking Manual (always
          abbreviated, sometimes bowdlerised to "Fine" or "Friendly") An
          (unhelpful) guru's traditional response when someone asks a
          question in a newsgroup or mailing list which he could
          have easily answered for himself had he bothered to RTFM.
       
          The term may also be used to indicate that you couldn't find
          the answer in the manual.  E.g. "How do I interface Unix to my
          toaster?  And yes, I did RTFM but the FM didn't help and I
          can't RTFS."
       
          Other derived forms include RTFAQ, RTFB, RTM, and, more
          recently, STFW.  Compare: UTSL.
       
          [Earliest use?]
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (2003-06-07)