tl

1. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of timeline.

   why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh

   2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter

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   Meanwhile, others just begged James to "PLEASE STOP" with his "oversharing," with some people on Twitter also asking other users to "stop putting James Charles tucking himself on my tl."

   2022 May 27, “James Charles Loses Over 100K Followers After Posting His Tuck”, in Paper

plural TLs

1. abbreviationinitialismhuman sciencesInitialism of target language.

   Antonyms: SL

2. abbreviationinitialismapplied linguisticsInitialism of target language.

   Antonyms: NL

3. abbreviationAbbreviation of team leader.
4. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of timeline.

   Although cortisol videos still crop up on my TL every so often, I’ve seen enough marked as ‘paid partnership’ to know that I shouldn’t be taking them seriously.

   2026 March 20, Brit Dawson, “‘I went on a cortisol ‘detox’ to tackle my spiralling anxiety — here’s what happened’”, in Cosmopolitan

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   TL Lost All Composure After That Clip […] And of course, there are plenty who said she just pisses them off so bad, but hey, you can’t deny she keeps the timeline entertained.

   2025 September 18, Desjah, “Wait, WHAT?! Chrisean Rock’s Foot Antics With HoodTrophy Bino Got The TL Stressed (VIDEO)”, in The Shade Room, Los Angeles, Calif., archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025

5. abbreviationdatedinitialismslangInitialism of trade-last.

   Nothing about my natural charms no more, an egg's age since anybody had called me to 1 side and whispered "I got a T. L. for you. Gertie thinks your ears is immense."

   1922, Thomas Lansing Masson, Our American Humorists, page 201

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   So autobiographical was The Children's Hour that there are even “TL's” between the children, those “trade lasts” in which people must come up with compliments they have heard about each other, a game which amused Lily […]

   1997, Joan Mellen, Hellman and Hammett, page 71

6. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of translation.
7. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of translator.
8. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of translator's note /translation note.
9. abbreviationinitialismbiologyInitialism of trophic level.
10. abbreviationAbbreviation of Turkish lira.

    Synonyms: ₺

11. abbreviationAbbreviation of turntable ladder.