abbreviation🔥 Gen-Z slang

ttyl

talk to you later

What it means

Short for "talk to you later," a casual sign-off used to end a text or chat without fully saying goodbye. It signals you're stepping away but plan to pick the conversation back up.

Examples

  • Gotta run to class, ttyl!
  • ttyl, my mom's calling me for dinner.
  • Okay I'm heading out, ttyl bestie.
  • Cool cool, ttyl when you're free.

Where it comes from

A classic chat-room and instant-messaging abbreviation popularized through AIM and early SMS texting in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Related slang

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