# QFT **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 6, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567 "2017-03-06T19:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/1 "2017-03-06T19:17:45Z")
Is that acronym supposed to be always intended as sarcasm here? As in - holding out someone’s quote for its stupidity, for all to see and duly take note of? Or…? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/2 "2017-03-06T19:21:12Z")
I see it used sincerely much more often than not. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/3 "2017-03-06T19:22:01Z")
I don’t spend a lot of time in the Pit and even less in GD, so I usually see this used non-sarcastically. In other words, the poster using it agrees exactly with the quoted material. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/4 "2017-03-06T19:43:05Z")
In my experience it’s almost always used to indicate strong agreement. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/5 "2017-03-06T19:49:47Z")
Yeah, I always use it to indicate complete agreement, no sarcastic edge to it at all. I’ve never thought of it as having such an edge but of course when someone replies with the acronym alone as is often the case it’s impossible to know just how it’s being used. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/6 "2017-03-06T19:51:55Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Is that acronym supposed to be always intended as sarcasm here? > As in - holding out someone’s quote for its stupidity, for all to see and duly take note of? > > Or…? Could you possibly link to posts where you think it was used sarcastically? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/7 "2017-03-06T21:04:05Z")
Thanks for all the responses! > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Could you possibly link to posts where you think it was used sarcastically? Unfortunately my search-fu, for the last ten annoying minutes, has not lived up to its usual legendary status, but I do remember this urban dictionary offering: > [@](#): > > Quoted For Truth. Generally used on internet forum after quoting someone to make sure they cannot go back and change what they’ve already posted. > Brian wrote: I love cock first thing in the morning. > > QFT, you dumb fuck so you can’t say later that you didn’t say that. ok maybe an uncouth example, perhaps.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/8 "2017-03-06T21:10:59Z")
Huh, I always thought that meant Quite Fucking True. Not a million miles away, granted. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/9 "2017-03-06T21:14:51Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Huh, I always thought that meant Quite Fucking True. Not a million miles away, granted. I did, too, until I saw somebody here spell it out. It never occurred to me that it could mean “quoting in case you change it,” but that actually makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/10 "2017-03-06T21:15:21Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > but I do remember this urban dictionary offering: That’s not typically how it’s used on SDMB. It’s an intensifier, saying “I agree with what this person wrote, adding weight to the strength of the answer.” I’ve never seen it used here in that manner; since we only have a 5 minute edit window it would be pretty pointless. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/11 "2017-03-07T01:08:29Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/12 "2017-03-07T02:24:36Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Unfortunately my search-fu, for the last ten annoying minutes, has not lived up to its usual legendary status, but I do remember this urban dictionary offering: That’s not what urban dictionary says. [QUOTE=urban dictionary] QFT QUOTED FOR TRUTH Used on internet forums when quoting someone with similar views as yours. > [@](#): > > Originaly quoted by mike27 > cosco is a great place to buy bulk tinfoil for making hats. Make sure you stock up as the govn’t is done with project Nick Berg and will be moving on to project brain wash. > > QFT [/quote] [QUOTE=urban dictionary] quoted for truth A phrase used on internet forums. Use it when another user makes a post which describes your opinion about something so perfectly you just have to quote them in your own post, but don’t know what to say about it. Often shortened to QFT or QTF. “This guy is a moron.” Quoted for truth. [/QUOTE] It appears that this definition is unique to you.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/13 "2017-03-07T03:04:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It appears that this definition is unique to you.😉 I was aware of it, just not 100% sure how much precedence it had, here, over the definition stated in post #7. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/14 "2017-03-07T03:25:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > In my experience it’s almost always used to indicate strong agreement. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/15 "2017-03-07T05:18:43Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > I was aware of it, just not 100% sure how much precedence it had, here, over the definition stated in post #7. Checking urban dictionary further, I do find the definition you mention, but virtually all the other definitions say QFT means you agree with the post. And even the definition you mention doesn’t indicate sarcasm, just documenting what someone said for future reference. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/16 "2017-03-07T06:32:45Z")
UD is user-edited, without references, so any idiotic definition can get in if it gets enough upvotes. Even made-up shit like “donkey punch”. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered QFT used in anything other than a sincere manner. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/17 "2017-03-07T13:35:57Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever encountered QFT used in anything other than a sincere manner. QFT. You big nerd. Did I do it right? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/18 "2017-03-07T14:21:03Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > +1 QFF[sub]actuality[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qft/781567/19 "2017-03-07T16:06:04Z")
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