teez-deel
Acronym for "Too slow; didn't
load." The phrase refers to online images and videos, such as GIFs, that
load too slowly for a user's preference. It has two common uses:
a.) to communicate that an image or video took too long to load, and thus the content was not watched.
b.) to denote a description of an image or video, especially in cases such that the content
will take a long time to load.
The phrase's first mainstream appearance occurred July 24, 2015 on the entertainment and news website
Reddit. In the subreddit r/Showerthoughts, user u/NAMKNURD posted
"We need a new TL;DR. How about TS;DL (Too slow; didn't look) for those times when the picture or gif takes to
damn long to load!"
In the comments section, user u/Xathic commented, "TS:DL = too slow, didn't load," further establishing the meaning of the acronym.
As u/NAMKNURD mentions in the post, TS;DL is an adaptation of the
popular acronym TL;DR, meaning "too long; didn't read." It is used similarly to TS;DL, but it regards to text-
based content. See tl;dr.
TS;DL is pronounced as "tease
deal."
Wow, this GIF is taking way too long to
load, so I'm not even going to watch it. TS;DL.
*In description of a video* TS;DL: An Australian man does an impression of a dog that attacked him and his
wife.
