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by vba 2363 days ago
TFA? Tried to google but unsuccessful
7 comments

I've seen lots of valid variants, including and probably not limited to:

The feature article ; the freaking article ; the friendly article ; the f$%^&*( article, c.f. RTFM.

I personally go with "The Fine Article" in my mind when I write it, although obviously all these alternatives are possible. I first encountered this initialism on slashdot back when it was still relevant, although I don't know if it was coined there.

And yeah, I believe that it derives from "RTFA" (read the fucking article) which would be what you told people who obviously commented without reading the article.

Not sure it’s the origin, but it used to be RTFM (read the fucking manual).
RTFM has been mostly superseded by LMGTFY.
Also read "read the fine manual"
The original, as documented in the hacker dictionary, is of course RTFM (read the f...ine manual).
The (Fuc|Frea)king Article. In a similar spirit to RTFM.
The aForementioned Article

the F is usually something else though ...

My OS professor in college told us "RTFM means read the manual; the 'f' is silent"
It’s the same F as in BFG. The gun, not the giant.
The Fine Article.
The (forementioned) article, I would imagine.
The Fabulous Article.
TFA is Slashdot jargon for "The F'ing Article".
TFA on Slashdot... Takes me back to the good old days of 2007...