- “I play an adventuring elf online, but irl, I’m an accountant.”
irl
adverb; acronym
Short for In Real Life, though it can be pronounced similarly to ‘earl.’ Used on the Internet, when describing things that are happening outside of cyberspace.
Etymology : An acronym for the phrase “In Real Life.”
Source : “I seriously just lol’d irl. It hurts to breathe!” (LiveJournal comment, 21 June 2005)
Last modified: 8 December 2010