English Explanatory Dictionary

tl;dr

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Initialism of too long; didn't read (or sometimes too long; don't read).
  2. Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text.
  3. Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text.
noun
  1. A summary; the gist, the long and short.
verb
  1. To provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize.
  2. To provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize.
phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.

Pronunciation

/tiː ˌɛl diː ˈɑː/ /ti ˌɛl di ˈɑɹ/ En-US-TLDR.wav

Word forms

tl;dr tldr tl/dr tl dr TLDNR TL/DNR TL-DNR tl;drs tl;dr's tl;dr'ing tl;dr'ed tl;dr'd TL;DRing TL;DRed

Etymology

The phrase is an initialism of t(oo) l(ong); d(idn’t) (or sometimes d(on’t)) r(ead). The noun and verb are derived from the phrase.

Synonyms

BLUF summary abridgment abstract bottom line compendium conspectus digest epitome outline overview précis résumé synopsis the long and short tl;dr upshot recapitulate

Related words

too long didn't read TL DL TLDL DW TLDW BLUF long story short wall of text cut to the chase get to the point

Translations

Dutch: tl;hng Esperanto: tl;nl Finnish: lp;el French: tl;nlp French: TLDR French: gépalu French: trolonpalu German: zl;ng Hebrew: אמ;לק Italian: tal;nhl Polish: zd;nc Russian: см;нч Spanish: mt;nl Ukrainian: зд;нч
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary