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A comment on The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature.

Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by __derek__ on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:33PM (#14578027)
> TFA can distort your opinions

What does "TFA" stand for here?

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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by sctb on Saturday June 17, 2017 @08:30PM (#14578376)
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14577888 and marked it off-topic.
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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by 6502nerdface on Saturday June 17, 2017 @07:08PM (#14578127)
It's hacker news jargon, with an etymology something like RTFM (read the fricking manual) -> RTFA (read the fricking article) -> TFA (the fricking article), used as shorthand for "the article."
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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by pluma on Saturday June 17, 2017 @07:12PM (#14578138)
The Fine Article.

Or something more colorful if used in anger.

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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by wruza on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:37PM (#14578042)
The Featured Article.
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