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Away from real life. A combination of afk and rl. It means to be not aware of your surroundings or to be too busy doing something else. Made up by Dano.
Man Jon has been afrl for ages playing WoW.
afrl by netninja July 23, 2008
Urban Dictionary Merch
short term for *Away From Real Life* which means to go to sleep.
Mark: afrl ->
Phuc: c ya =)
afrl by XiphiasFO May 16, 2006
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Away from real life. A combination of afk and rl. It means to be not aware of your surroundings or to be too busy doing something else.
Man Jon has been afrl for ages playing WoW.

Andy: Where's Tom? He's sitting on msn and not talking.
Dano: He must be like afrl.
afrl by netninja July 24, 2008
"Actually For Real Laughing"

I mean it's pretty self-explanatory, use this word when something online or text related actually makes you laugh. You can use this in place of acronyms like "ROFL" "LMAO/LMFAO" "LOL" etc. If you find yourself saying "LOL" too much then "AFRL" is for you.
Soulja Boy: "I'm from the streets. When I see you Chris imma beat yo ass."
The rest of the internet: "AFRL"
AFRL by Swagtanic ALAMO January 11, 2017
The one and only person to understand how the visionaire-studio game engine works.
I dunno dude, go ask AFRLme I'm sure they know.
AFRLme by DezerTed December 3, 2021
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026
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