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I know I saw it on the SA forums, where it may have originated. People would reply "too long; didn't read" to dismiss a post, which eventually was abbreviated t

I know I saw it on the SA forums, where it may have originated. People would reply "too long; didn't read" to dismiss a post, which eventually was abbreviated to just "tl;dr". Anticipating this reply, authors of long posts would end their post with a "tl;dr" summary.

lostlogin 14y ago
Not all the sure about the source as a reference, but Urban Dictionary got TLDR in 2003. Reddit is 2005ish I think. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tldr http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tldr