TL;DR

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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]

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History

The 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. 1 2 "tl;dr" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ↑ "tl;dr". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Dave. "What does TLDR mean? Understanding the internet shorthand for lengthy text and its various uses". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ Peckham, Aaron (2009-01-01). Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7407-8892-5.
  6. ↑ Pogue, David (2009-08-15). World According to Twitter. Running Press. ISBN   978-1-60376-173-4.
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