TLDR
(alsoTL;DR,tldr,tl;dr)abbreviationfortoolong; didn'tread: used tocommenton something that someone has written, forexampleonsocialmedia:
If a commenterrespondsto apostwith "tl;dr", itexpressesanexpectationto beentertainedwithoutneedingtopayattentionor tothink.
I haven’t beenabletokeepup with thisthread(TLDR).
- There's sometimes afinelinebetweenincludingeverypieceofinformationabout theproblem, and making it solongthat you get TLDR as aresponse.
- TL;DR is asadsymptomof themalfunctionscausedby theinternettsunami.
Internet, email and texting conventions
- a/s/l
- afaik
- afk
- bak
- BC
- f2f
- forward slash
- hth
- ICYMI
- idk
- iirc
- ikr
- otoh
- personalization
- pita
- pmji
- rofl
- unmute
- YMMV
- YOLO
TLDR
noun[C]
(alsoTL;DR,tldr,tl;dr)ashortsummary(= ashort,cleardescriptiongiving themainfactsorideas)ofpieceof writing or asubjectofdiscussion:
Can we have a TL;DR for those of us withshortattentionspans?
Eachdiscussionpapershouldstartwith a TLDRsummarisingthemainpoints.
- Somepeoplemay also end apostwith a TL;DR - that is ashortsummaryof what they'vetypedbecause theyrealizeit may be too muchtextfor somepeople.
- This is the TLDRversionof whathappened.
- You canaddin asummaryunder a tl;drheading.
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- executive summary
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- recap
- recapitulation
- resume
- shorthand
- shorthand forsomethingidiom
- story
- sum(something/someone)up
- synoptic
- the long and the short of itidiom
- to cut a long story shortidiom
- trot