rtfm

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rtfm - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  RTFM
  
     <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.
  
     [Earliest use?]
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2003-06-07)
  

rtfm - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  RTFM
   /R.T.F.M/, imp.
  
     [Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking Manual'.
  
     1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they consider trivial or
     annoying. Compare Don't do that then!.
  
     2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
     asking out of randomness. "No, I can't figure out how to interface
     Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike sense 1, this use
  is
     considered polite. See also FM, RTFAQ, RTFB, RTFS, STFW,
     RTM, all of which mutated from RTFM, and compare UTSL.
  

rtfm - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  RTFM
         Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (slang, Usenet, IRC)