Too long; didn't read. Used either as a request asking someone to summarise a long piece of text, or as a self-applied tag at the top or bottom of one's own post to flag the short version for readers in a hurry. Common on Reddit, Hacker News and email threads, where the "TLDR:" line is often a one-sentence summary of an essay-length comment. Sometimes spelled "tl;dr" with the semicolon preserved.
TLDR: the meeting was a waste of time and we're moving the deadline to next week.
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