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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by brcmthrowaway on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:09PM (#41794545)
"TFA" has got to be the most inscrutable acronym that is common internet parlance, I simply can't guess it could be, and I refuse to look it up
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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by zdragnar on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @10:14PM (#41794842)
That sounds like a "you" problem, TBH.
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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by astura on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @10:39PM (#41794956)
TFA means "the fucking article."

It's derived from RTFA, "read the fucking article."

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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by justinator on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:58AM (#41795661)
"Fine" article, my fine internet stranger.
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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by astura on Saturday October 12, 2024 @02:49PM (#41821426)
Wrong.
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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by justinator on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:29PM (#41829811)
Por qué no los dos, amigo?
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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by KTibow on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:27AM (#41795504)
I don't think it's that common. This is my first time seeing it, and it's an odd acronym for including "the". I was able to guess at its meaning though.
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