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

FTA

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 03, 2022

FTA

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

Hey, can I call you on fta?

by measuring_cups June 21, 2018

FTA

Fuck Them ALL or Fuck ‘em (ALL)

FTA-Them over there talking crazy Fuck Them ALL

by Dfw3rick February 21, 2024

FTA

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