<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">From <a href="http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/f/f/What-Is-FTW-for-the-Win.htm">about.com</a>:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">"In 2014, the most common meaning of 'FTW' is 'for the win', an internet cheer used to express general enthusiasm.</font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">[...]</font></div>Years ago, 'FTW' used to have a very negative meaning: 'f**k the world'. This was a term commonly used by social rebels, anarchists and anti-authoritarian types to express frustration with modern society. Gratefully, this antisocial meaning has dramatically faded in use in the 21st century, and people now use 'for the win' as a modern cheer instead.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline">"</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline">No mention at all of "fix".</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline"></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 March 2015 at 11:53, kcozens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kcozens@ve3syb.ca" target="_blank">kcozens@ve3syb.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2015-03-14 19:05, Russell Reiter wrote:<br>
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FTW means fix the world, not fuck the world.<br>
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As a side note to the discussion, the meaning of FTW that I see most if For The Win.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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