GIYF: n. Abbrev: Google Is Your Friend. Used to suggest, gently and politely, that you have just asked a question of human beings that would have been better directed to a search engine.

RTFM: R.T.F.M. , imp. [Unix] Abbreviation for "Read The Fucking Manual".

STFW: S.T.F.W, imp. [Usenet] Common abbreviation for "Search The Fucking Web", a suggestion that what you're asking for is a query better handled by a search engine than a human being. Usage is common and exactly parallel to both senses of RTFM. A politer equivalent is GIYF.

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