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Stands for "Free to breathe agency," its a fake agency made up of people who don't think rules apply to them. They don't want to wear masks in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Person 1- "I got this cool card from the FTBA, it says I don't have to wear a mask."

Person 2-"stay at least 6 feet away from me you sick fuck."
FTBA by Suprchkn June 24, 2020
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"Freedom To Breathe Agency"

A fictitious agency primarily found in America created by people who did/do not want to wear medical/face masks during the Corona pandemic.

This was mainly done on a card or by verbalizing the acronym while citing the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) to get into businesses who required wearing masks during the 2020 Corona Virus Pandemic.
Karen - "let me in!!!"

Mortal - "I can not let you in, you need a mask due to company policy"

Karen - "The FTBA says that under the ADA I do not have to wear a mask as I have a disability and do not have to disclose what disability that may be."

Mortal - "Go home Karen, no one likes you."
FTBA by DJ O'Coileain June 29, 2020
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Forgot To Be Awesome. This is the opposite of DFTBA, or "Don't Forget To Be Awesome."

The Nerdfighters came up with this clever acronym, selected from many others.
I guess he FTBA.

FTBA?

Yeah. Forgot To Be Awesome. Too bad he wasn't a Nerdfighter.

Why's that?

Nerdfighters can't FTBA. They're made of Awesome.
FTBA by Nerdfighter4000 September 27, 2010
Front of The Boat Action - (n.) any actions which take place in the front 1/3 of the boat. The most successful FTBA occurs when one is highly inebriated and performing actions that would typically be frowned upon while aboard a water vessel.
Holy shit! Chaz was so plastered in the front of the boat yesterday that he shat his pants...that’s some serious FTBA.
FTBA by Boat Guy October 1, 2017
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
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