tl;dr

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1. Initialism of too long; didn't read (or sometimes too long; don't read).
   1. InternetderogatoryusuallyUsed to indicate that one did not read a (long) text.

      tl;dr

      2002 December 21, Lenny Perkins, “My Thoughts on Metroid Prime (Long)”, in rec.games.video.nintendo (Usenet)

   2. InternetUsed 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."

      2016, Jeffrey Flagg, “The Care and Feeding of Your Atheist Pagan”, in John Halstead, editor, Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-theistic Pagans, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, part 10 (Looking Forward: Non-theistic Pagan Community), page 351

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      Incidentally, my absolutely favourite headline about the Duchess of Sussex's new coat of arms was: "Will Meghan Markle's new California-inspired coat of arms convince millennials to embrace traditional heraldry?" Tl;dr, no!

      2018 May 30, Hadley Freeman, “The meaning of beige tights: they show what the Windsors will do to Meghan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2021

      Synonyms: BLUF, summary

plural tl;drs · plural tl;dr's · alternative tldr · alternative tl/dr · alternative tl dr · alternative TLDR · alternative TL;DR · alternative TL/DR · alternative TLDNR · alternative TL/DNR · alternative TL-DNR

1. InternetA summary; the gist, the long and short.

   I know that was quite a long ramble, but the TL;DR is that I got fired.

   Synonyms: abridgment, abstract, bottom line, compendium, conspectus, digest, epitome, outline

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1. InternettransitiveTo provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize.

   Fortunately, Sutton Stracke soon emerged from her bedroom to tell her friends that she had, in fact, read the entire story. Kyle [Richards] instantly begged her friend to TL;DR the "in-depth exposé," which she deemed "so friggin' long."

   2021 August 20, Amy Kaufman, “‘Ted Lasso’ wrote a love letter to romantic comedies. We break down ‘rom-communism’ [Catch up]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2024

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   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 education.

   2014 June 17, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, “Here’s How to Teach the Liberal Arts to High Schoolers”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024

   I'll tell you another thing that's ironic about the Vidal–Buckley [i.e., Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.] debates. Those debates can be TLDR'd into one of them calling the other "queer" as a pejorative and then the other calls the other a "fascist."

   2021 June 30, Makena Kelly, quoting Hasan Piker, “Hasan Piker on the Problem with YouTube Debate Culture: ‘Personally, I Think All of This is Just Bullshit’”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2024

2. InternetintransitiveTo provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize.

   Royal Bank of Canada’s economics team have tl;dr'd why JGBs and the yen have had a fun morning: "it will be hard for markets not to see this move as a precursor for tightening policy".

   2022 December 20, Louis Ashworth, “Turning Japanese?: One last rug pull before retirement”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2023

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   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.

   2018 June 16, Peter Kafka, “MoviePass Invested in ‘Gotti,’ the New John Travolta Mob Movie Everyone Hates”, in Vox, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023

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

plural TL;DRs

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

present singular third person TL;DRs · participle present TL;DRing · participle past TL;DRed · past TL;DRed · participle past TL;DR'd · past TL;DR'd

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