Search Result for "stfw":

The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

STFW imp., /S?T?F?W/ [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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Search The Fucking Web STFW (Always abbreviated STFW) A response implying that an inquirer could have easily found an answer to his question using Google or some other web search engine. It is now often quicker and more productive to search the World-Wide Web than to RTFM. JFGI, GIYF and lmgtfy.com convey the same message. (2014-05-23)