A loss, whether it be financial, emotional, physical, etc.
"Damn I just failed my test. That's the L."

"Now that my car was stolen, I'm just going to have to take the L on that cross-country road trip."
by DDdaza May 05, 2007
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The elevated majority of the Chicago public train system, shortening of "elevated"

Not to be confused with NYC's el, which is similar but takes up a much smaller portion of their train system
Tourist: hey, where is the subway around here?
Chicago local: oh, we don't have a subway, you can take The L though
Tourist: excuse me?
by DonutEater1313 February 02, 2021
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a headlock,named after the fact that it looks like an uppercase letter L
Tim:Jon,I fucked your baby sister last night
Jon:Shut your mouth before I put you in the L
Tim:OK,whatever
Jon(throwing him in the L):You in the L now son!
by Bigg Joe October 10, 2007
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Lots of Love. To avoid confusion with lol, uses same structure where "1/10" refers to "1 of 10", such as for numbering pages.
Dear Elton,

Sorry for slagging you off on stage that time - I was a bit tired and emotional. BFFs?

l/l,
Lily.
by Yellow Sticky December 26, 2009
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