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Definition of RL
RL 
adjective
- acronym for "real life".
My RL friends never call me. That's why I chat so much on the internet.
- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Apr 14 2013. Submitted by Tensore @. on Feb 04 2005.
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Other terms relating to 'Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: "Oh my fucking God." | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "Okay," via a doubled "k". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "so far so good". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend forever" or "best friends forever". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "what have you done". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "you have been trolled", i.e. you have fallen victim to an internet troll. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my butt off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I think I'm going [to] be sick" or "I think I'm gonna be sick". | |
| Definitions include: See tl;dr. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I love you." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a fuck." | |
| Definitions include: "Internet BF", i.e. "Internet Boyfriend". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it". | |
| Definitions include: Person who is quite irritating, assumes to know everything but actually knows nothing. | |
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Other terms relating to 'life': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life." | |
| Definitions include: as if one's life depended on it. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck your life". | |
| Definitions include: a generic insult. | |
| Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
| Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison. | |
| Definitions include: a criminal or evil person. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great". | |
| Definitions include: an assertion that something will never happen. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for life". | |
| Definitions include: outside college. | |
| Definitions include: Philosophy of taking tremendous risks in terms of lifestyle, with the concept of making a plethora of money and dying young. | |
| Definitions include: variety is what makes life enjoyable. | |
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Other terms relating to 'real': | |
| Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade. | |
| Definitions include: "for real". | |
| Definitions include: "for real". | |
| Definitions include: "Are you telling me the truth?" or "I'm telling you the truth." | |
| Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously". | |
| Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though". | |
| Definitions include: statement of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in the real world". | |
| Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake. | |
| Definitions include: truthful, honest. | |
| Definitions include: Alternate form of on the real. | |
| Definitions include: Acting as yourself 2. Truth or Truthfully. | |
| Definitions include: something legitimate. | |
| Definitions include: any limited resource measured in units of area. | |
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