Fuck, I Never Actually Learned Shit (“finals” backronym)

“Fuck, I Never Actually Learned Shit” is a backronym (back-acronym) for the word “finals” that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. There is a Facebook page titled F.I.N.A.L.S = Fuck, I never actually learned shit. The “finals” backronym has been cited in print since at least May 2004. A milder version is “Fudge, I Never Actually Learned (this) Squat/Stuff.”
       
Similar school-related backronyms include “Six/Seven Crappy Hours Of Our Lives” (school), “Sucks Children’s Happiness Out Of Life” (school), “Come Late And Start Sleeping” (class) and “Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge” (homework).
   
         
IslandMix
GettiGetti
05-10-2004, 01:29 PM
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FINALS = F*#% I Never Actually Learned This S@$%
 
Urban Dictionary
Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit
In one word: FINALS!!
 
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Me: “hey did you take your finals?”
Steve: “yea, but fuck it I never actually learned shit!”
by Nexus Dec 13, 2004
   
LiveJournal
blakejohnson123 wrote,
2006-05-08 19:01:00
F.I.N.A.L.S. Fuck, I never actually learned shit
 
AnandTech Forums
Ika
12-11-2006, 07:24 PM
Fudge, I Never Actually Learned this Shat
FINALS
 
Urban Dictionary
F.I.N.A.L.S.
Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit; often used by college students during finals week.
student: “I have F.I.N.A.L.S. this week so Im stressing out and studying/learning everything”
by Steveso1 Dec 13, 2006
   
University of Illinois
Women’s BasketBlog // Dec. 16, 2006 // Chelsea Gordon
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Around campus there is a famous acronym for this time of the year…F.I.N.A.L.S. = Fudge I Never Actually Learned this Stuff.
 
PUSH
Thursday, May 15, 2008
F.I.N.A.L.S. (Fine. I Never Actually Learned this Stuff)
I took my last final today, and before I set my #2 down, I knew I had done well.
 
Canisius College
End of Semster Crunch Time
By Michael | November 30, 2010
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5. Finals now mean Frankly, I Never Actually Learned this Stuff
 
Google Books
U Chic:
The College Girl’s Guide to Everything
By Christie Garton
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks
2011
Pg. ?:
f.i.n.a.l.s.: fudge, I never actually learned squat!