TL;DR or tl;dr, short for "too long; didn't read", is internet slang often used to introduce a summary of an online post or news article.[1] It is also used as an informal interjection commenting that a block of text has been ignored due to its length.[1]
History
editThe phrase dates back to at least 2002.[2][3][4] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its earliest known use was in a 2002 message posted on the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.video.nintendo.[2] In 2009, the term appeared in Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined, a publication based on online crowdsourced slang database Urban Dictionary.[5] Also in 2009, it was listed as a slang acronym in David Pogue's tweet anthology World According to Twitter.[6] The term was added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online in 2013.[1]
See also
edit- Abstract
- Attention economy
- Attention span
- BLUF – bottom line up front
- Information overload
- Internet culture
References
edit- ^ a b c "Oxford Dictionaries Online quarterly update: new words added to oxforddictionaries.com today". OxfordWords blog. Oxford University Press. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28.
TL;DR, abbrev.: 'too long didn't read': used as a dismissive response to a lengthy online post, or to introduce a summary of a lengthy post.
- ^ a b "tl;dr". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "tl;dr". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ Johnson, Dave. "What does TLDR mean? Understanding the internet shorthand for lengthy text and its various uses". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ Peckham, Aaron (2009-01-01). Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7407-8892-5.
- ^ Pogue, David (2009-08-15). World According to Twitter. Running Press. ISBN 978-1-60376-173-4.