Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rtfa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rt-fa
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Initialism of read the fucking article.

phrase

Initialism of ready team fire assist.

Etymology

Derived from the initialism RTFM, which was originally used in the context of Usenet.

Derived Forms

TFA

Frequently Paired Words

RTFM FTFA FTA TLDR

Questions

What does rtfa mean?: Initialism of read the fucking article.
Where does rtfa come from?: Derived from the initialism RTFM, which was originally used in the context of Usenet.

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