ftw

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A form of for the win — Being the best; being great, awesome, amazing or spectacular; sure to succeed (used as a term of approval, similar to long live)

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Meanings

ftw1

prepositional phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of for the win.
interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of FTW.

FTW2

prepositional phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of for the win.

    Right, and the fact that I ran winXP every day eight hours a day for three years running without the system locking up once means nothing. That said, Linux FTW!

    2007 February 2, “Windows Explorer = dead.”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (Usenet), message-ID <1170459548.028084.274220@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>
nounFTW (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of fitness to work.
interjection
  1. abbreviationinitialismslangvulgarInitialism of fuck the world: an antisocial slogan.
  2. abbreviationinitialismslangInitialism of forever two wheels: a biker slogan.

    "Most people," John said, "think it means 'Fuck the world.' But to a real biker, it means 'Forever two wheels'."

    [2003, Karol Griffin, Skin deep
phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of for those wondering.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ftw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ftw

MLA

“ftw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ftw. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ftw,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ftw.

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