RL

English

Initialism

RL

1. Initialism of Republic of Lebanon.

Noun

RL (plural RLs)

1. Initialism of rugby league.
2. (Internet slang, uncountable) Initialism of real life.
   • 1997, Steven Shaviro, Doom Patrols : A Theoretical Fiction About Postmodernism, London: Serpent's Tail, ISBN 9781852424305, LCCN 9668813, page 138:

     I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.

See also

• IRL
• OOC