Tiếng Việt · Slang Candidate

tml

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Meaning · English

A crude three-letter jab — teencode initialism of «thằng mặt l**», thrown at men as an insult or, between close friends, as rough-edged banter; strictly keyboard territory.

Literally: initialism of a vulgar insult

Where it’s used: Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Examples

Tml đó lại seen tin nhắn của tao rồi.That tml left me on read again.

Editorial example (batch 057)

Sources & notes

Found via hieuchua.com/define/Tml (retrieved 2026-08-10; meaning reference only, definition original). Single-source today; sits in the vkl/vcl teencode family already in corpus — candidate pending a second gloss.

Topics: Gen Z slang

Common questions

What does “tml” mean?

A crude three-letter jab — teencode initialism of «thằng mặt l**», thrown at men as an insult or, between close friends, as rough-edged banter; strictly keyboard territory. Literally: initialism of a vulgar insult

Is “tml” formal or informal?

tml is generally informal.

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