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[bobobama]

OK, in this age of the internet, social media and all that, I guess you have to know shorthand. I get IMHO, FWIW, LOL, YMMV, BTW and many others.

But what the heck does "TL;DR" stand for?

 

[rogatsby]

Too long; didn't read

 

[palonej]

Toooo loooong......didn’t read!!

 

[TRfromMT]

Too long, didn't read.

It's the summary at the bottom of a wall of text. It became necessary in the social media age where the average attention span is now approximately equivalent to that of a gnat.

 

[bobobama]

Thanks- I'll add that to my lexicon.

That will certainly come in handy on some of the posts on this forum!

 

[Stumpy72]

The online “Urban Dictionary” has helped me out a lot with a lot of popular online slang, hip-talk and abbreviations. Give it a try the next time another piece of that stuff stumps you.

 

[palonej]

The online “Urban Dictionary” has helped me out a lot with a lot of popular online slang, hip-talk and abbreviations. Give it a try the next time another piece of that stuff stumps you.

.....or just ask your kids!

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Another variation is - tdltr
Too damn long to read

 

[Reitwagen]

Sometimes I make up an acronym just to confuse everybody. WTFR.

 

[b00n]

Sometimes I make up an acronym just to confuse everybody. WTFR.

Wine&Tatertots for Reitwagen?