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From "Lessons Learned from 30 Years of MINIX" by Tanenbaum, A.S., 2016:

Linus Torvalds' second posting to comp.os.minix was on April 1, 1991, in response to a simple question from someone else: "RTFSC (Read the F***ing Source Code:-)It is heavily commented and the solution should be obvious ... "
RTFSC by ronnosexual August 27, 2022
Urban Dictionary Merch
Used when a person gets their hands on code and doesnt know what it does. Hint "Read the Fucking Code"
<Zook> Heres the exploit
<Annonymous> What does it do?
<Zook> rtfc :/
RTFC by z00k July 27, 2005
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rtfgcbveydhxnwusjzmqiakolp 

The sign that you are cunning and you have used epic skill to outwit every other bored person on earth other than the person who is writing this. This was either found by random typing or by absolute cunning in a strategy that you now know.
I used epic skill to find rtfgcbveydhxnwusjzmqiakolp in the urban dictionary!
Acronym:
Read The Fucking Source

Relating to computer programming, tells someone to look at the obvious (the source) to find an answer.

Derived from RTFM
a>What functions are available in the ABCD library?
b>RTFS, noob!
RTFS by Sol Invictus January 18, 2005
Read The Fucking Card

Popular among gamers and used as an insult towards someone who doesn't understand what their own cards do when played.
I'll block with my Goblin Raider.

Goblin Raider can't block.

Says who?

RTFC, dipshit.
RTFC by Yawgmothguy November 11, 2004
Read The Fucking ChangeLog

Variation of RTFM, adjusted like that after Opera 10 alpha was released and everyone asked questions that were already answered in changelog
<white_eagle> and the names of the chat accounts not appearing?
<LarsKL> RTFCL

<werwolf> encoding is broken in html-emails
<Mitchman-> werwolf: RTFCL.
RTFCL by timsp December 16, 2008
Guest: i cant find out where or how to start the game theres no icon nad im starting to not know what im doing... lol

User: RTFS. (Possible link to thread with stickies)
RTFS by An8BitWarlock July 26, 2005
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Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

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Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
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city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake
“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”
Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026
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