Re: acronymious

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 19:56:13 BST

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Subject: Re: acronymious
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:56:13 -0400
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    On 10/03/00 14:16, Robin Faichney said this-

    >It stands for
    >Read The Fucking Manual.

    Oh, okay. I use that all the time. Just never used it while posting
    things on the internet. It predates the internet by quite a few years. I
    use it in conversation, much like SNAFU, because I highly suspect it has
    its origins in the armed forces just like SNAFU, and FUBAR, do.

    - Wade

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