"TL;DW" meaning in English

See TL;DW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Forms: TL [canonical], DW [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TL;DW
  1. (online communication) Initialism of too long; didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: too long (extra: didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.) Synonyms: tl;dw Related terms (audio counterpart): TL, DL, tl, dl, TLDL Related terms (textual counterpart): TL, DR, tl, dr, TLDR
    Sense id: en-TL;DW-en-phrase-unAhFAbl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: communication, communications
     
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    {
      "form": "TL",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DW",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.",
          "word": "too long"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of too long; didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length."
      ],
      "id": "en-TL;DW-en-phrase-unAhFAbl",
      "links": [
        [
          "too",
          "too#English"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long#English"
        ],
        [
          "didn’t",
          "didn’t#English"
        ],
        [
          "watch",
          "watch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(online communication) Initialism of too long; didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "audio counterpart",
          "word": "TL"
        },
        {
          "sense": "audio counterpart",
          "word": "DL"
        },
        {
          "sense": "audio counterpart",
          "word": "tl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "audio counterpart",
          "word": "dl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "audio counterpart",
          "word": "TLDL"
        },
        {
          "sense": "textual counterpart",
          "word": "TL"
        },
        {
          "sense": "textual counterpart",
          "word": "DR"
        },
        {
          "sense": "textual counterpart",
          "word": "tl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "textual counterpart",
          "word": "dr"
        },
        {
          "sense": "textual counterpart",
          "word": "TLDR"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tl;dw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communication",
        "communications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "TL;DW"
}

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    {
      "form": "TL",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "DW",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "TL;DW",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "audio counterpart",
      "word": "TL"
    },
    {
      "sense": "audio counterpart",
      "word": "DL"
    },
    {
      "sense": "audio counterpart",
      "word": "tl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "audio counterpart",
      "word": "dl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "audio counterpart",
      "word": "TLDL"
    },
    {
      "sense": "textual counterpart",
      "word": "TL"
    },
    {
      "sense": "textual counterpart",
      "word": "DR"
    },
    {
      "sense": "textual counterpart",
      "word": "tl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "textual counterpart",
      "word": "dr"
    },
    {
      "sense": "textual counterpart",
      "word": "TLDR"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.",
          "word": "too long"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English initialisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English phrases",
        "English terms spelled with ;",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of too long; didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "too",
          "too#English"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long#English"
        ],
        [
          "didn’t",
          "didn’t#English"
        ],
        [
          "watch",
          "watch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(online communication) Initialism of too long; didn’t watch., signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communication",
        "communications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tl;dw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "TL;DW"
}

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