TF
or tf [ tee-ef ]
What does TF mean?
TF stands for the fucka handyall-purpose internet swear for questionsexclamationsand declarations. It’s often used on its own to show emotions like disbelief or disgust.
Where does TF come from?
The fuck arose as early as the 1910s as a coarser variant of the hella staple of questionse.g.Who the fuck are you talking to? It later became shortened to just the fuck to express such emotions as disbelief or dismayas in The fuck is wrong with you?
The fuck also became abbreviated to TFfollowing the lead of the profanely popular WTFor what the fuckin use by 1985. TFfor its bite-sized partis common online by the 2000s.
Examples of TF
Why TF Don't We Have Multiracial Couple Emojis?
tf is the point of a juul?? bitch smoke some weed
How tf am I supposed to build my credit if I can't get a credit card from anywhere like BRUH
Who uses TF?
TF is incredibly versatile. It can be used a simpleeuphemistic replacement for the fuck in all its intensifying glory…
…or to show emotions like disgustangeror surprisemuch in the same way we issue a disbelieving What the fuck? or a more astonished What. The. Fuck. TF can often have a comic tone.
Guysstop ghosting people hay. Grow up and tell people you don’t wanna speak to / see them anymore. Tf.
— MAMA NASTY. (@_DimphoM) October 22018
NOTE
This is not meant to be a formal definition of TF like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of TF that will help our users expand their word mastery.
