Used over the internet in E-mails, games, MSN messenger/Aim and the like!!!
It means "away from keyboard" and someone types it 2 tell people that they'll be away 4 a while- it is rarely used by other people saying that someone other than them is away- like as in "bob dinkleberry is AFK."
"Yo dudes, Ill be AFK 4 a while."
by Sabian June 01, 2004
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A Free Kill

usually in player vs player games
"Dude hes not moving"
"omg lol my afk!"
by Sangjun November 16, 2005
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AFK stands for "Amazingly Fat Kid."
Many people are told that it stands for Away From Keyboard
but they are quite incorrect.
Kevin is AFK #27! (meaning "Kevin is Amazingly Fat Kid Number 27!")
by TORITHEBABYEATER August 23, 2006
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abbr. African Fighting King.
Noun: A well-known african warrior monarch, usually between the 4th and 19th centuries.
Damn, that King Shaka is one f***ing AFK.
by fb41 June 30, 2005
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Afraid of fried knishes
I wanted to take him to a deli, but like many in his family, he's afk
by Speziak Montgomery July 12, 2005
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A F**King Kid. Used in most online games and forums.
"I am afk"
"He is afk"
by NS Sniper April 28, 2008
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if you needed an excuse as to why you can't come in to work and need a low key abbreviation that not many know of, you would say ''I'm AFK'' and they would say ''Oh okay, take care'' not knowing what that actually means.
by livealittle April 14, 2015
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