AFK

"Away From Keyboard"
In Holland sometimes used on the street when somebody is diseased.

Have you heard Freek is afk?!
R.I.P. Mate!

by MisterAFK June 29, 2011

AFK

AFK mean away from keyboard and i didn't know that at first until i heard it

Person #1: I'm gonna be AFK for a few minutes
Person #2: your gonna be away from keyboard...ok

by Snow/Ruby May 27, 2021

AFK

AFK stands for Away From Keyboard,like say your playing a game and you have to do something. You'd probably type AFK.

Johnny typed "AFK" in a game he was playing when his mum called him.

by im using my grandmas email ;-; June 4, 2019

afk

AFk - Away from Keyboard
The next annoying thing from people going on an IM and putting busy straight away then going 30 minutes later i mean WTF. Avoid doing this unless you truely have a life or you want to play hard to get.

(1)
Dude that has a life - BRB guys dnt stat yet i got to feed the cat/baby/self
*'Dude that has a life' set his status to afk*

(2)
*Egotistic has signed in*
Decent person - Hey dude/babe hows it going
*Egotistic has set her/his status to away*

by T3H J4S0MEIS7ER October 5, 2006

afk

Away from Keyboard. Usually used when playing a game, or on your computer.

Person 1:"Dude, I have to go AFK because my mom keeps calling me!"
Person 2: "Ok, be back soon!"

by RealLifegirl August 8, 2016

afk

As mentioned 27 times above afk refers to "away from keyboard". But seeing I first encountered this term in the german version of an online game designed by a company interested in weather turbulences, I took it to be a shortening of "auf klo" meaning "in sitting position, currently getting rid of the pizza I had for lunch". In 49% of all cases, this is an accurate rendering of the term when used in online communication situations. This word is not only used in written language but also in spoken. Anyway, in German the term has undegone significant extensions, resulting in:

with suffix
- afklo, also afkaken (as explained above)
- afkleenex (getting a tissue, winter phenomenon)
- afkaffee ( 49%, equal score to afklo, possible connection still to be researched.)

with prefix
- brain-afk ( used in in-game situations, work out meaning for yourselves. Being in a different category, this meaning is not included in the statistics above but would score significantly higher than either of the other two major forms.)

How could possibly not see this huge patch of nasty, green substance/ lethal dark purple verging on black substance/ flaming inferno on the ground, you brain-afk moron. (inadequate German translation and more polite than usual)

- bin mal afk
- re
- wb
- thx

by TheMightyPling! January 9, 2012

afk

AFK normally stands for ''away from keyboard'', a term used by for example online gamers. For women, however, it mostly means ''away from kitchen''.

''Stop AFKing and make me a sandwich!''

by trololawl March 13, 2014