\[ **BT: [[English language]]** ] --- # TL;DR > ‘**TL;DR** or **tl;dr**, short for “too long; didn’t read”, is internet slang often used to introduce a summary of an online post or news article. It is also used as an informal interjection commenting that a block of text has been ignored due to its length.’[^1] [^1]: ‘TL;DR’, Wikipedia, last updated 8 December 2024, 15:56 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TL;DR.