RTFM
Read the Fucking Manual is close kin of the phrase lurk moar. RTFM refers to the manual pages (or "man" pages, after the command used to display them) contained in *nix variants and has come to refer to any help pages or FAQs. Typically used as a reponse on mailing lists and in 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.
While the word "read" 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@*
See Also
- LURK MOAR
- 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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