May 15, 2003

FM

/F·M/ n.

1. [common] Not ‘Frequency Modulation’ but rather an abbreviation for ‘Fucking Manual’, the back-formation from RTFM. Used to refer to the manual itself in the RTFM. Have you seen the Networking FM lately?

2. Abbreviation for Fucking Magic, used in the sense of black magic.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:47 AM

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