What Does This Mean?

TLDNR

[ SLANG ][ ABBREVIATION ][ INTERNET ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Internet ShorthandCLUSTER: tldr_variant

An alternative spelling of tl;dr, the internet shorthand for "too long, did not read", used to flag a text as too long or to introduce a short summary. The added letter makes the negative explicit.

EXPLAINER

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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""TLDNR: the thread is forty replies about parking.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists TLDNR as an alternative spelling of tl;dr, expanding to too long, did not read, and links the forms TL/DNR and TL-DNR. Wikipedia dates tl;dr itself to at least 2002, citing the Oxford English Dictionary; no dated source for the TLDNR spelling was found.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (spelling variant of tl;dr, which dates from 2002)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s onward

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:TL;DR / TLDR

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ ABBREVIATION ][ INTERNET ]

RELATED TERMS

TL;DR / TLDR

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (spelling variant of tl;dr, which dates from 2002)

NOW

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