Does the F in RTFT stand for full or ‘effing’?

[roshi42]

Didn’t swear in the title just to avoid upsetting anyone!

I feel like RTFT started out as meaning Read The Fucking Thread, but now most people seem to think it means Read The Full Thread.

Which do you read it as?

Poll:
YABU = Full
YANBU = Fucking

They probably haven't RTFM (mumsnet info)

While we're at it - what does PFB mean in relation to a baby/new mum?? I really can't work it out 😭
Poor fucking baby?
Post fucking baby
Poos feeds burps? (that was a chat got suggestion)
Probably fucking bonkers?

Full makes more sense

PMSL, the amount of times I've casually said "not RTFT but" 🤣

Precious First-Born.

Not sure either, Precious first born?

Roger the fucking troll

Well, on the occassions when an OP has given a,comprehensive background in their OP, and yet a responder still asks a question like:

"how old is your baby",
or
"well a lot would depend on whether you are married to him or not"

when the OP had already put in their opening post, "my husband has* never changed our 4 month old* baby's nappy, or given him a ...." then my reply @roshi42, would probably be:

"please RTFFT"!

Previous First Born -PFB

As a totally inadequate apology it’s I haven’t read the full thread. To which the only reasonable response is So why are you bloody commenting, then?

As an exasperated exclamation it’s Read the fucking thread!

Is that a name or an instruction?

And it’s Perfect First Born.

Depends on context;

"haven't RTFT" means apologies if this has already been mentioned

"RTFT" means you're a twat.

Precious First Born

I assumed full because the whole point is that you need to read all of it to understand

Yes, but probably fucking bonkers works as well!

I can’t believe how close the vote is! I definitely had the impression people weren’t meaning the same thing by it.

Damn! I meant ‘precious’ but my phone bamboozled me!

I will always read CF as cunty fucker

I always thought “full” but I much prefer “fucking”.

Damn that is what I typed, bloody autocorrect 😅 phone rang while I was typing too so multiple others had already answered (correctly)

It's an acronym that has been around a LONG time, in fact since before forums as they are now, existed.

Similar is 'RTFM' 'read the full/fucking manual'.

The point was that you could mean 'fucking' but the person you're telling can't actually complain that you swore at them as you can say 'no, I meant 'full'... Very helpful when telling an idiot from accounts to read the entire email chain and not just the first post without getting in trouble. It dates back to IRC at the very least.