I’m curious how people view that particular little bit of netspeak.
Oh, why don’t you just STFU!
WTF do you want to know about it?
It stands for an obscenity, but is not obscene in itself. It’s like using darn for damn or Jeebus for Jesus (Jesus, of course, is not an obscenity, but when used as a simple expletive many folks prefer to avoid offense by substituting Jeebus.)
Mostly its an attempt to get the dramatic power of an expletive without offending those who are bothered by expletives.
Of course it’s an expletive. Just because you’re not actually typing out “f-u-c-k,” anyone who sees “WTF” is still going to read it as “what the fuck.”
I don’t see how it’s any less offensive, unless you just don’t like the way those letters look next to one another.
Of course it’s an obscenity. Just because you’re not actually typing out “f-u-c-k,” anyone who sees “WTF” is still going to read it as “what the fuck.”
I don’t see how it’s any less offensive, unless you just don’t like the way those letters look next to one another.
Yikes. Thought I’d hit the stop button fast enough to sneak in an edit.
Sorry for the double post!
The massive corporation I work for has WTF as an entry in its acronym glossary for frontline customer care help desk type people.
Make of that what you will.
WHOA! :8 I thought WTF stood for World Taciter Federation. MAN I WAS WAY OFF! smacks head
WTFWJD?
RTFB
Can I use WTF as an abbreviation for ‘What The Flip’?
LOL
It technically is, but it loses a lot of points for being an abbreviation (if you haven’t got the balls to even type a curse word, don’t curse) and for being NetSpeak.
F is only a vulgarity unless it refers to a credible sex act. If a soldier says FTA, it’s just a rude way of saying he’s angry and frustrated. I only bring this up because obscenity is a meticulously defined legal concept, painfully hammered out by judges in the latter half of the 20th century.
This is no belly pack, it’s a superhero utility belt.
I feel that way about people who type btch or he!! or the like. If you’re going to start a Pit thread about your fucking bitch of a boss, it’s silly to title it "My fcking b*tch of a boss." I’m of course referring to boards such as this one that doesn’t filter profanity.
That being said, WTF can be typed with only the left hand, so I’ll use it sometimes in AIM or if I’m just feeling lazy.
WTF? I mean, Jeebus Cripes, you guys! If you can’t even have a dagnabbed mealy-mouthed semi-obscenity, you’re just up the freaking loser? When in heck did we decide that mild language was so goshdanged forking wrong?
I darn you all to heck!
IMHO, “WTF” has a completely different meaning to “what-the-fuck” which has a completely different meaning to fuck. I’ve always regarded WTF as a sort of commentary that the object is creepily surreal in a japaneseque kind of way.
WTF - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
I saw this on a club’s marquee, which announced a local band would be playing there. It had the band’s name and underneath it were the letters W T F. I have no idea what the band sounded like, but if they weren’t any good, the letters could certainly take on the meaning we’re more familiar with.
Now that’s funny!! 
Oh, and btw, for another opinion on WTFWJD … I suppose it was inevitable that someone would have to do it …
WTF = Way Too Funny to me. LOL Sometimes I forget that it means something different to me and type it out in conversation or posts. Others always take it the other way. lol