tl;dr

phrase tldr · tl/dr · tl dr · TLDR · TL;DR · TL/DR

1. Internet, derogatory, usually Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text. tl;dr
2. Internet Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text. How I got to be an atheist is a fairly long and winding story, so I'll give you the "tl;dr" version—I was finally honest about myself that "the gods" just "weren't there."

   Similar: BLUF, summary

noun tl;drs · tl;dr's · tldr · tl/dr · tl dr · TLDR

1. Internet A summary; the gist, the long and short. I know that was quite a long ramble, but the TL;DR is that I got fired.

   Similar: abridgment, abstract, bottom line, compendium, conspectus, digest, epitome, outline, overview, précis, résumé, summary

verb tl;dr's · tl;dr'ing · tl;dr'ed · tl;dr'd

1. Internet, transitive To provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize. Extracts or overviews should be substituted as needed. But insofar as possible, the whole books should be read. First of all, because many thinkers simply cannot be tl;dr'd. Second of all, because wrestling with, and immersing yourself in, and just reading through whole books is part of the educatio
2. Internet, intransitive To provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize. Some highlights of the lowlights: "A dismal mess," says the New York Times. Its "shabby aesthetic and narrative shortcomings are outweighed by its more drastically questionable moral ones," says the Guardian. "It's not a good movie," Entertainment Weekly TL;DRs.

Similar: recapitulate

phrase

1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.

noun TL;DRs

1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.

verb TL;DRs · TL;DRing · TL;DRed · TL;DR'd

1. Alternative letter-case form of tl;dr.