Slog - Comments on WTF? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf From the comments: @23 ftw Posted by 1up | July 17, 2007 1:24 PM Am I the only one who doesn't know what "ftw" means? According to the (not exactly authoritative) Urban Dictionary, it's short for "for the win!," used to express enthusiasm for something, and derived from the game show Hollywood Squares. Lol!... Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:56 -0800 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:33:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ljg i always thought it was a joke -- a play on the careless typing/texting of 13 year olds or cats. similar to LOL1!11.

]]> ljg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764734 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764734 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:50:06 -0800 Comment by ljg as an aside, i truly wish this existed.

]]> ljg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764735 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:51:55 -0800 Comment by Matthew fuck the what

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764739 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:53:24 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe For the win (ftw) is often used on 1up.com, the lamest site for video game reviews/previews.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764744 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:57:04 -0800 Comment by Christin FTW is legitimate. For the win. As in: hooray! If LOL is Internet 101, and IMHO and WTF are Internet 102, then FTW and RTFM are Internet 112: Introductory Topics in Geek Code.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764751 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:07:54 -0800 Comment by ljg Don't forget PWND.

]]> ljg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764757 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764757 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:10:41 -0800 Comment by Jaime-Leigh I kind of like "fuck the what?" WTF is so passe now...

]]> Jaime-Leigh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764758 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:11:45 -0800 Comment by Gitai I only used FTW while playing FFXI, an MMORPG.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764759 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:12:40 -0800 Comment by Ken Ketchum
I've always read FTW as fuck the world.

]]> Ken Ketchum http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764760 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:12:45 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I always read it as "fuck the world" for some reason. I thought it was some kind of absurdly jubilant nihilist taunt. Now I'm disappointed.

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764765 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:13:41 -0800 Comment by Original Monique FTW is definately one step up in internets code. Like sayin "the tubes" or usin': teh, !!!11!!!, roflcopter, pwn, pwning, pwnd, l33t, sk1llz, n00b, n3wb, etc.

btw, th1s post is pixilicious.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764767 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:16:16 -0800 Comment by supergp Being a Tucsonan, I read it as "Furious Truckstop Waitresses", a local rollerderby team.

But I'm familiar with "for the win" as well.

]]> supergp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764791 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:30:46 -0800 Comment by Phelix Oh... there goes my little smile every time I read "fuck the what". :(

]]> Phelix http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764792 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:31:32 -0800 Comment by pox "I am being confronted with something so incomprehensible that 'What The Fuck?' is no longer a useful question and must itself be scrambled in order to more closely address the thing in question."

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764801 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:41:15 -0800 Comment by yoyojedi dear ljg @ 2

Your wish has been truly granted:
http://lolcode.com

No really... there are already two dozen implementations:
http://lolcode.com/implementations/implementations

intertron-geeks ftw!

]]> yoyojedi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764805 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:43:29 -0800 Comment by CodyBolt NOOBS

]]> CodyBolt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764808 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:45:57 -0800 Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey FTW: For The Win. / LOL: Laugh Out Loud. / PITA: Pain In The Ass. / GFIMAMMG: Giant Fist In My Ass Making Me Grimace.

You're welcome.

]]> Matt Fuckin' Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764833 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:07:59 -0800 Comment by --MC Don't feel bad. I only just found out what l33t means.

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764837 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764837 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:09:50 -0800 Comment by steve I'm just glad no one talks |_1|

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764849 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764849 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:20:26 -0800 Comment by Vivian Oh. I've always used it as "Fuck the world", as well.
I prefer "Fuck the world" over "For the win."

]]> Vivian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764864 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:34:53 -0800 Comment by Justin Amy, clearly you're not in the know. You should resign your Stranger Blogging privileges immediately.

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764865 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:35:27 -0800 Comment by Eric F FTW has meant fuck the world since before the web existed. For evidence, I point you to a movie you might enjoy for all sorts of other reasons, The Decline of Western Civilization (Darby Crash!), wherein Exene Cervenka, all pretty and punky in 1980, explains a homemade FTW tattoo.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764868 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:37:27 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I always thought it meant Fvc1c The Whiners ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764885 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:03:28 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle and it's n00bz and luser and p0wned, n00bz.

which is based on the old Net-speak of newbie, luser (a unix command), and the alteration of the word Owned so that it wasn't censored.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764887 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:06:02 -0800 Comment by K As a result of this post, amy is so FTL.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764897 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:11:27 -0800 Comment by jamier I always thought it meant fI'm tA wBigfatdork

]]> jamier http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764979 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c764979 What the Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:05:43 -0800 Comment by K in Seattle FTW (For The Win) is legit on the net. Sometimes you see WTF = FTW, because not only is it a convenient palindrome, but it expresses the recent trend toward bizarre image manips that confuse people (like the shock image lotustits).

]]> K in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c765109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c765109 What the Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:44:34 -0800 Comment by Dorion @22: Geez, THANK you, I was feeling like a lone fucking dinosaur here for a minute... since FTW means one and only one thing to me: Fuck The World. And yeah, I know more than one homemade FTW tattoo (and have made more than one piece of FTW jewelry).

]]> Dorion http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c765272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtf#c765272 What the Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:33:09 -0800