"FAQ" meaning in English

See FAQ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: faq [alternative]
Etymology: From a mishearing of fuck you by livestreamer Sakura Miko.
  1. (humorous, Internet slang) Fuck you. Tags: Internet, humorous
    Sense id: en-FAQ-en-intj-3wL0HFeN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˌɛf.eɪˈkjuː/ [UK, US], /fæk/ [UK, US], /ˈfʌkjuː/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-FAQ.wav Forms: FAQs [plural], faq [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː or Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Initialism of frequently asked questions. Etymology templates: {{init|en|frequently asked questions}} Initialism of frequently asked questions Head templates: {{en-noun}} FAQ (plural FAQs)
  1. (Internet) A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers. Tags: Internet Translations (acronym for Frequently Asked Questions): VVV (Afrikaans), ՀՏՀ (HTH) (Armenian), PMF (Catalan), 常見問題 /常见问题 (chángjiàn wèntí) (Chinese Mandarin), 問答集 /问答集 (wèndájí) (Chinese Mandarin), ČKD (Czech), ČKO (Czech), OD (Esperanto), KKK (Estonian), UKK (Finnish), FAQ [feminine] (French), preguntas frecuentes (Galician), ხ.დ.კ. (x.d.ḳ.) (Georgian), ხშირად დასმული შეკითხვები (xširad dasmuli šeḳitxvebi) (Georgian), FAQ (pl. FAQ, FAQs) [feminine] (German), HGF (häufig gestellte Fragen) (German), GYIK (Hungarian), よくあるご質問 (yoku aru go-shitsumon) (Japanese), ЧПП (ČPP) (Macedonian), soalan lazim (Malay), FAQ [masculine] (Portuguese), ЧАВО́ (ČAVÓ) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ЧаВо́ (ČaVó) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ча́сто задава́емые вопро́сы (částo zadavájemyje voprósy) (Russian), вопро́сы и отве́ты (voprósy i otvéty) (Russian), CÀBHA (Scottish Gaelic), PUF [feminine, plural] (Spanish), FAQ (Spanish), விவிமா (vivimā) (Tamil), வினா விடை மாலை (viṉā viṭai mālai) (Tamil), ብሕ (bəḥ) (Tigrinya), SSS (Turkish), ЧаП (ČaP) (Ukrainian), ПоП (english: PoP) (Ukrainian), часті питання (časti pytannja) (Ukrainian), постійні питання (postijni pytannja) (Ukrainian), поширені питання (pošyreni pytannja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-FAQ-en-noun-T60ogLAB Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 48 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of 'acronym for Frequently Asked Questions': 87 13
  2. (video games) A document that details how to play and win a video game; a strategy guide.
    Sense id: en-FAQ-en-noun-dlu0bmj0 Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Tigrinya translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 48 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Tigrinya translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 42 58 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: RTFM
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The internal communications also show Palantir leadership preparing for a potential backlash from employees or outsiders, with them writing FAQs that can be sent to friends or family that start to ask about Palantir’s work with ICE. […] In the leaked Slack messages, Jain said that Palantir was working to include updates about this work into an FAQ with the company’s PCL, or Privacy and Civil Liberties team.",
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      "sense": "acronym for Frequently Asked Questions",
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      "roman": "bəḥ",
      "sense": "acronym for Frequently Asked Questions",
      "word": "ብሕ"
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