Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A summary; the gist, the long and short.
phrase
Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text. · Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo provide a short summary of (a text, an event, etc.); to summarize. · To provide a short summary of a text, an event, etc.; to summarize.
The phrase is an initialism of too long; didn't read (or sometimes too long; don't read). The noun and verb are derived from the phrase.
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