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Definition of STFW
STFW
interjection
- acronym for "search the fucking web". An aggravated response to someone asking a question that can easily be answered by a web search. Also see RTFM.
Person A: Where can I download Chrome?
Person B: STFW.- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "stay the fuck out". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of message". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "feel like shit". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Back Yard University". | |
| Definitions include: Burning Man. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "jack ass fuck off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a lawyer." | |
| Definitions include: "elite." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "private investigator". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Driving While Texting." | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: afro. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "don't mess yourself", i.e. don't go to the bathroom in one's pants. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as fuck". | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: software that comes installed by default on PCs sold by some vendors. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "crack the fuck up". | |
| Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time. | |
| Definitions include: phrasing used to espouse the belief that something is (or should be) considered a bad idea. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google that shit". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "who gives a fuck". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I Don't Believe You." | |
| Definitions include: "what do you think". | |
| Definitions include: a website with little or no content, consisting of mostly (or entirely) | |
| Definitions include: in a computer system, to be stuck performing some activity repeatedly but not making progress. | |
| Definitions include: a hypothetical affliction that causes programs to run more poorly over time. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on [the] floor laughing my fucking ass off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I'm not an expert". | |
| Definitions include: This theorem has been traced to the mathematician E'mile Borel in 1913, and was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "your mileage may vary." | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'fuck': | |
| Definitions include: "fuck you". | |
| Definitions include: absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: very absolutely. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker." | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is stupid or doing something dumb. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "bad-ass mother fucker". | |
| Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble." | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: a bitch-ass motherfucker. | |
| Definitions include: to over-think something, well beyond what is needed; to consider and reconsider and reconsider again often leading to an inability to make a decision. | |
| Definitions include: a "friend" who is having sex with one of one's girlfriend or one of one's ex-girlfriends, without your expressed consent or permission. | |
Other terms relating to 'search': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "In Search Of." | |
| Definitions include: self-examination. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'web': | |
| Definitions include: a person who is famous due to their world-wide web presence. | |
| Definitions include: a seminar conducted over the web. | |
| Definitions include: a (usually short) episode of a television program available via the web. | |
| Definitions include: the words and phrases that are (mostly) unique to communication on the world wide web. | |
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