"AFK" meaning in English

See AFK in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

IPA: /ˌeɪ ɛf ˈkeɪ/
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} AFK
  1. (military, video games, Internet slang) Initialism of away from keyboard (that is, away from one's computer; idle) Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: away from keyboard (extra: that is, away from one's computer; idle) Categories (topical): Military, Video games Synonyms: afk
    Sense id: en-AFK-en-prep_phrase-R3JpoaPo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, video-games, war

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for AFK meaning in English (1.7kB)

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