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FTW is an abbreviation used for many different meanings within different groups of people: 1. Online gamers: "for the win". 2. Bikers/Old Jailbirds: "fuck the world" or "forever two wheels". 3. Texters/Online kids: "fuck the what" which is what the fuck backwards. 4. Nazis/White Supremacists: "forever truly white". 5. Animal activists: "free the whales". 6. Stoners/Potheads: "free the weed". 7. Eastcoast/Eastsiders: "fuck the west/west side/ west coast"....an jus randomly: "fuck that whore", "forget the worst" "forget the war"....etc
FTW can pretty much mean almost anything depending on the person!
FTW by ejaynhtown86 August 17, 2010
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"For The Win."

An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, but often sarcastic.

Originated from the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.
Bob: Your 1up t-shirt rocks
Sally: 1up t-shirts ftw.
FTW by Zakko December 28, 2005
Related Words
FTW!!! FTW hacker ftwd ftwdk FTWF FTWM ftwr ftwtf .FTW. [!FTW]
Originated as a biker term used in two contexts:

1. Forever Two Wheels. A validation of biker culture, values, and of course, bikes.

2. Fuck The World. A rejection of non-biker/traditional values/laws of any kind.

According to people who should know, the first was the true origin of the term.
From a Hell's Angel working security at a Grateful Dead concert, when (stupidly) asked about the meaning of his FTW tattoo: "Forever Two Wheels".

Has since been appropriated by and attributed to everything from Hollywood Squares (For the Win) to Greenpeace: (Free The Whales)etc, etc, ad infinitum.
ftw by badcd May 21, 2010
1. Fuck the world.
2. For the win.
3. What the fuck backwards
4. Free the whales
ftw by china ese December 18, 2007
In biker gangs it meant Fuck the World,

but in online usage it mainly means For the Win.
When you see FTW, don't ever get a biker confused with a gamer or else you might be like "stfu n00b" and then get your face smashed in.
ftw by Double_Daniel September 19, 2008
Spelling: FTW
(1)English Translation: Fuck the world.
/phrase(statement)/
-\Often used to express a feeling of depression/unacceptance/frusteration.

(2)English Translation: For the win.
/phrase/
/adjective/
-\A term which can be originated to a popular game show "HollyWood Squares" when , on the final move contestants would announce their move was "For the win".
-\Used oftenly when giving importance to a specific noun.(ei. "My computer, FTW")
Thesaurus:
-is better
-beats
-pwns

(3) English Translation: What the fuck?
Originatiton: WTF, "l33tsp33k".
/phrase(question)/
FTW: Intentional spelling error of the word wtf to emphasise confusion and bewildredness.
(WTF: See wtf)
(1) ei.
as a statement,"ftw."
also in a sentence, "What? A headshot!FTW!"

(2) ei.
as a phrase, "Chuck Norris, ftw."
as an adjective, "My new graphics card definitly is ftw."

(3) (see wtf)
ftw by Jordan wright May 6, 2006
For The Win
Commonly used among geeks to express their enthusiasm for something, especially in IRC.
a) Cola is best
b) nope, Pepsi is way better
a) Cola FTW!
ftw by BakkiZ September 21, 2005