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IRL¹

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Initialisms and abbreviations.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Indy Racing League

adverb

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of in real life (as opposed to online). There are the same battles of the sexes, the same conflicts of interests, the same struggles to make friends. This world has the perils as well as the pleasure that you experience in real life or IRL as MUD players call it.

    Similar: in the flesh, offline

adjective

  1. not comparable Existing or being such in real life. His IRL girlfriend.

noun IRLs

  1. Internet An IRL friend.

irl²

adverb

  1. Internet, not comparable Alternative letter-case form of IRL It’s as if irritating cookie consent pop-ups are occuring^([sic]) irl.

adjective

  1. not comparable Alternative letter-case form of IRL

noun irls

  1. Alternative letter-case form of IRL

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ire, iep, ireland, living, in existence, actual, live, beingly, existent, existing, essential, current, subsistent, existant, working, about

Translations

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adv in real life, in text messaging

Españolelvr, ELVR
Portuguêsnvr, NVR
Françaisdlvv, DLVV
Deutschiel, IEL

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MLA

"irl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/irl. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

irl. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/irl

Chicago

"irl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/irl.

BibTeX
@misc{irl_2026,
  title = {irl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}