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Initialism for "speak with you later". It's a way for the speaker/writer to politely indicate that the conversation has come to a natural close or that he needs to focus on an activity other than the conversation but does want to finish the conversation later or will get back to the listener/reader later with the desired information.

It's better than "talk to you later" (TTYL) because SWYL implies actual dialogue or conversation between the two people ("speak with you" vs. "talk to you").

It also can be a more formal or businesslike way to bring an IM, email, or SMS text conversation to a close.
Him: Alright, I gotta hit the gym, but let's finish chatting about it more when I'm done.
Her: okay, SWYL.
SWYL by 1102MTD November 27, 2011
Words you can keep
term meaning "sex with you later"
bye, swyl
- ok
swyl by James Warberyagermanjensen September 19, 2009
Related Words

haylor swyles 

a deadly disease and the reason the world will end on 12/21/12
my friend has haylor swyles
a unisex term for giving or receiving oral sex
Yo baby, hows about some swyle before we go outs to dinner?
swyle by Das Sshitt March 30, 2005
So Why You Looking At Me; this word is also used at St. Andrew's School Nassau, Bahamas. It is used when someone keeps looking at you and you want to tell them to stop.
Person C is staring at person B

Person B: SWYLAM !!!
Person C: O.o
SWYLAM by A2 Swagger Girl 1977 December 17, 2010

Haylor Swyles 

haylor swyles is a powerful ex-relationship/friendship that is Taylor Swift and Harry Styles.
Taylor and Harry was spotted chatting at the grammys. People saw them laughing and smiling and possibly means they are friends again and support their musical carreers.
"a Haylor Swyles collab would break the world and start world peace at the same time."
"Haylor Swyles is superior friendship."

swyllwys 

(Swil-liss) An acronym related to cigar culture which stands for "Smoke what you like, like what you smoke."

Originated by the "Cigar fanatics".
Is that a Gurkha?

Yeah, bud, it is.

Not one of my favorites personally.

As I always say, swyllwys bud.

Swyllwys?

Yeah, swyllwys - smoke what you like, like what you smoke.

Makes sense to me.
swyllwys by Cigarfanatic13 September 25, 2022
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026
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