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tl;dr phrase

(chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of too long; didn't read (or sometimes too long; don't read). Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text. Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text. tl;dr n (chiefly Internet slang) A summary; the gist, the long and short. tl;dr v (chiefly Internet slang) (transitive) To provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize. (intransitive) To provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize. We are having a holoalphabetic month—each day features a term starting with a different letter of the alphabet (and two numbers)!

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