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| Much like ], it originated as a gaming term. It usually meant something that helped in the goal of winning, and therefore was "for the win". These days it is more broadly used as meaning a beneficial thing. TTW is also used as a past particple, meaning "Takes The Win". | Much like ], it originated as a gaming term. It usually meant something that helped in the goal of winning, and therefore was "for the win". These days it is more broadly used as meaning a beneficial thing. TTW is also used as a past particple, meaning "Takes The Win". | ||
| FTW has also long been used by the counter-culture types to mean "Fuck the World". | |||
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- This article is about the acronym as used in MMORPG's, for other meanings of ftw please see Ftw (disambiguation)
FTW (or 4TW) is an initialism meaning For The Win, or sometimes; For Teh Win. Both are commonly used by gamers, especially MMORPGs.
Much like w00t, it originated as a gaming term. It usually meant something that helped in the goal of winning, and therefore was "for the win". These days it is more broadly used as meaning a beneficial thing. TTW is also used as a past particple, meaning "Takes The Win".
FTW has also long been used by the counter-culture types to mean "Fuck the World".
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