"TL;DR" meaning in English

See TL;DR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Abbreviation

Forms: TL;DR
Head templates: {{initialism}} [POS TABLE]
  1. TL;DR is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.
    Sense id: simple-TL;DR-en-abbrev-YLMnMFg1 Categories (other): Initialisms
     
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