RTFM

n. angry request from an Internet user to not send mail or messages with stupid questions before one has read the owner's manual on the subject (Internet Slang)

RTFM is an initialism for the statement "Read The Fucking Manual", or "Read The Fine Manual" in ironic avoidance of the more usual expansion (see below for more variations). This instruction is sometimes given in response to a question when the person being asked believes that the question could be easily answered by reading the relevant "manual" or instructions.
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Read The Fucking Manual, RTFM, angry response to an Internet user who is requested not to send foolish questions before he has read the user guides on the subject

<jargon> /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.
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(2003-06-07)

Read The Freaking Manual (polite form) 
Read The Friendly Manual (polite form) 
Right This Freaking Minute (polite form)  For more possible definitions for RTFM, click here
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