Urbandictionary is full of definitions for this word that say it means "away from keyboard" (in gaming), i.e. the player is inactive, doesn't respond to greetings, such and such. Most of the time, this is what it means.
I would like to give a specific example to further flesh out its meaning: in RuneScape, there is such a thing as "afk training". Literally it's a playing style where you are not literally away from the keyboard or even inactive, you're just doing something on a split screen or paying little attention to what's going on in the game itself as you train your skills, because they are designed to be done "afk", or more accurately, "semi-afk". We just call it afk in this game no matter what.
I would like to give a specific example to further flesh out its meaning: in RuneScape, there is such a thing as "afk training". Literally it's a playing style where you are not literally away from the keyboard or even inactive, you're just doing something on a split screen or paying little attention to what's going on in the game itself as you train your skills, because they are designed to be done "afk", or more accurately, "semi-afk". We just call it afk in this game no matter what.
player1234 is afk... he hasn't been responding to my messages for at least 15 minutes (general example)
rang3r4lyfe is training his firemaking in the most afk way possible, burning protean logs (RuneScape-specific example)
rang3r4lyfe is training his firemaking in the most afk way possible, burning protean logs (RuneScape-specific example)
by drockalgzemoser August 16, 2020
Get the afkmug. a person that you have as a friend in your msn/gmail chat list, whose status is always set to online, but they themselves are most often afk (away from keyboard)
gmail chat conversation:
person a) where's michael?
person b) i noticed michael's status is always set to online, but when i try chatting him, he is always afk... i will conclude he an afk nikki
person a) where's michael?
person b) i noticed michael's status is always set to online, but when i try chatting him, he is always afk... i will conclude he an afk nikki
by Sexydimma January 11, 2012
Get the afk nikkimug. by an urban dictionaire May 13, 2021
Get the AFKmug. i am afkkkkk
by jfytyujrhtgnfrtjkr,d January 14, 2022
Get the AFKmug. It normally means "Away from keyboard," meaning that the person is not currently on the keyboard and focusing on the screen. There is a deviation to this. If you are playing Valorant, AFK means "At the f*ckin keyboard," meaning that the person is about to kill you and you need to stay focused.
by ainguish February 12, 2024
Get the AFKmug.