IRL
See also: irl.
Translingual
Symbol
IRL
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Ireland.
- Synonym: IE (alpha-2)
English
Etymology
Initialisms and abbreviations.
Proper noun
IRL
- (motor racing) Initialism of Indy Racing League.
Adverb
IRL (not comparable)
- (Internet slang) Initialism of in real life (as opposed to online).
- Synonym: in the flesh
- Coordinate terms: in-game, online
- 2015, Joanna Walsh, Grow a Pair:
- Due to the splendid isolation guaranteed by her social position she had never met a cock IRL and, as there was no Wi-Fi in the palace, she had no opportunity to check the facts.
- 2015 October 15, “Why is it so hard to go from chatting on Tinder to meeting up in real life?”, in The Guardian:
- I’ve recently been trying out Tinder, and while I match with people and even chat with them everything seems to be going well, but whenever I bring up meeting IRL, they are quick to ghost me.
Adjective
IRL (not comparable)
- Existing or being such in real life.
- His IRL girlfriend.
- 2020 January 10, Aimee Cliff, “Poppy: I Disagree review – online pop-bot embraces IRL nu-metal”, in The Guardian:
- But as Poppy’s fictional world expanded, Pereira became embroiled in IRL controversy.
Noun
IRL (plural IRLs)
- (Internet slang) An IRL friend.
See also
- RL
- meatspace
- OOC
- IG
- AFK
Anagrams
- ILR, LIR