AFK is an acronym that stands for "Away From Keyboard". This term is used by the gaming community and it signals that a player will not be on the device they are playing on temporarily.
by iigranola15 September 8, 2025

by Ultimate Life Form Kars January 5, 2022

by David2001 January 14, 2017

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

by an urban dictionaire May 13, 2021

''Another Fucking Kantian'' refers to the philosopher Emmanuel Kant and the followers of his philosophy. AFK is said when being done with hearing about Emmanuel Kant
He follows categorical imperative? AFK
by Alburt Camus March 1, 2024

when a person leaves without saying anything or when a person says they are gonna do something that takes 5 mins to do but end up going out for a long period of time
Malek: Yo guys I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick
2hrs later
Yak: Did that guy just fake afk us
Tensive: ye gango he did
2hrs later
Yak: Did that guy just fake afk us
Tensive: ye gango he did
by yakonurcheeks September 13, 2023
