BTFO

English

Verb

BTFO

1. (vulgar, slang) Initialism of back the fuck off or butt the fuck out.
   • 1995 May 31, Dan Morisseau, “Scanning Ethics or "S”, in rec.radio.scanner (Usenet):

     BTFO! Back WAY off! This kind of ranting doesn't belong here and is only tangentially involved (if at all) with the issue at hand.

   • 2011, Ashley E. Dozier, KTHNX, →ISBN:

     NO, Nate! I will not BTFO! Dammit! I mean, I won't back off!

   • 2013, Brittany Watson, Blaze Earl and Nikta, A Long Way to Go, →ISBN:

     “I'm Liv, and I'm Tyler's girlfriend,” I emphasized. “So that would make him my boyfriend, and give me the right to say: please BTFO.”

   • 2015 April 19, pandora, “A Little Message to This Group”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):

     Maybe you should take Emmett's advice and BTFO (Butt The Fuck Out). Leave him be. Give him the time and space to get his life changed for the better.

Adjective

BTFO (not comparable)

1. (vulgar, slang) Initialism of blown the fuck out or broke the fuck off; utterly defeated or rejected.
   • 2013, Jared Maxwell, Unsung: Memoirs of an Infantryman, →ISBN, page 199:

     It stood for Broke the Fuck Off. By the time we made it back to California, he was well beyond the threshold of BTFO as he dragged himself and his gear into the Shaft and immediately asked us to administer an IV for him

   • 2016 March 13, brian mitchell, “Protests”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):

     Either they come out and support him and this weakens the divide they have been trying to build, or they come out in support of the protests and get BTFO by their own supporters (like Ratboy Cruz now).

Proper noun

BTFO

1. (US, education) Initialism of Before the Fall Orientation.
   • 2017, Melinda Worth Popham, Grace Period: My Ordination to the Ordinary, →ISBN:

     I only knew it had something to do with plans for a diversity panel during BTFO.

Anagrams

• BOFT, FBOT, FOBT