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.
