Talk:GTFO

Tea room discussion
In citing the "get the F off" sense for RFV, I'm finding that some cites seem to mean "get the F out of " — as in, they seem to mean "get the F out", but given the lack of "of", their syntax seems to match "get the F off". (Examples include "GTFO the kitchen", "GTFO the profession", and "GTFO the way".) Looking further, I find that, , and even all get hits. I'm not sure what to make of this; we do define out: as a preposition meaning "Away from the inside", but our example sentence ("He threw it out the door") is not the same.

I guess what I'm wondering is:


 * are "out the kitchen", "out the way", etc. a regular feature of some form of English?
 * if so, is "GTFO the kitchen" short for "get the F out the kitchen", or for "get the F out of the kitchen"?
 * in ambiguous "of"-less cases, such as "GTFO our [Usenet] group", do you prefer an "out/out of" reading, or an "off" reading?

(I'm ignoring the fact that "off" can appear with or without "of" — "fell off (of) his chair" — because it doesn't seem relevant to me, but maybe it is?)

What do y'all think?

—Ruakh TALK 19:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * In my personal experience out is used as shorthand slang for out of when it precedes the definite article (or a personal pronoun as you note). That seems to be what is happening here.  It seems to be more common in British English and African-American dialects of US English than in other places. --EncycloPetey 19:26, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

GTFO, it's definitely just "get the f*** out," and I'm pretty sure it means "let's change the subject" or "I'm sure that you are lying." -VitaminN

GTFO
Sense 3: "get the fuck on" or "get the fuck off". Equinox 22:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Some uses and mentions of "off" form on google Groups. DCDuring TALK 23:00, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * More uses at . —Ruakh TALK 01:54, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Cited, so striking. Equinox ◑ 13:56, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

RFV discussion: October–December 2020
Sense 2, get the fuck off (not "out"). There are citations but I think they could be explained as "get out", with grammatical errors. I dunno how to prove this either. But the sense really does feel like wishful thinking. Writing "GTFO of" is naturally painful because "out of" is a sort of prepositional unit, and I think that people would avoid it, assuming that the O is sufficient. Equinox ◑ 13:40, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:51, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * As a label "Internet slang" doesn't include texting, which seems likely to be a more common medium for using initialisms like this.