FTA

Face-Threatening Acts. In Linguistics, this term is used for making someone do something in polite way or rude way.

FTA:

Positive Politeness: Lets open the window shall we?
Negative Politeness: Can you open the window?

by halittle March 27, 2018

An initialism for "From The Article" used as shorthand for citations from an article under discussion online.

FTA: "This quote is from the article."

by October 3, 2022

FaceTime Audio, the audio-only version of Apple's FaceTime video chat app.

by measuring_cups June 21, 2018

Failed to Appear. It is used in Bounty Huntering. It means that they did not show up for their court date.

Source: Stephanie Plum Novels

We have to go get this FTA so we can bond them out!

by SuperCatgirl2 October 16, 2018