Browsing page 1 of new words for March 9, 2010

adjective

• acronym for "too long; didn't read." Used to convey one's disinterest in reading some portion of text online.

  Comment 1: [something lengthy...]
  
  Comment 2: tl;dr.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "He Has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, He'll Be 18.", The New York Times, Brian Stetler, March 25 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Mar 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• acronym for "too long; didn't read." Used to preface a summary of preceding or subsequent text, for the benefit of those who don't want to read the entire thing.

                           
  
                                                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "Nerdgasm: 'Shutter' crap", Daily Titan (Cal State Fullerton), Ashleigh Johnson, March 01 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Jul 19 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 09 2010.

notes

• Also written as tldr. See also tl;wrl ("too long; will read later".)

  Last edited on Jul 30 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2011.