Social:TL;DR
TL;DR or tl;dr, short for "too long; didn't read", is internet slang indicating that a block of text has been ignored due to its length.[1] It is also used to introduce a summary of an online post or news article,[1] as well as an informal interjection.[2]
The phrase dates back to at least 2002.[3][2][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.[3]
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 phrase was added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online in 2013.[1]
See also
- Abstract
- Attention economy
- BLUF – bottom line up front
- Information overload
- Internet culture
- Lexicographic information cost
- Long-form journalism
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Oxford Dictionaries Online quarterly update: new words added to oxforddictionaries.com today". OxfordWords blog. Oxford University Press. 28 August 2013. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/august-2013-update/. "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."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tl;dr". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tl%3Bdr.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 tl;dr (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=tl%3Bdr (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Johnson, Dave. "What does TLDR mean? Understanding the internet shorthand for lengthy text and its various uses" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/tldr-meaning.
- ↑ Peckham, Aaron (2009-01-01) (in en). Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7407-8892-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=u27ferHysRMC&dq=%22too+long;+didn't+read%22&pg=PA214.
- ↑ Pogue, David (2009-08-15) (in en). World According to Twitter. Running Press. ISBN 978-1-60376-173-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=0AmPkXTAIScC&dq=%22too+long;+didn't+read%22&pg=PT86.
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