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ftl

ftl is the initialism of for the loss.

Meaning of for the loss

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Internet, sarcastic) Expresses dislike or contempt for something.
    • Kittens for the loss!
    Synonyms:
    FTL

Noun capitalized: FTL

FTL (countable and uncountable, plural FTLs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, logistics) Initialism of full truck load.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of faster-than-light.
    • They had been slowly trailing the freighter for over a week, waiting for the ship to drop out of FTL.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19

Adjective capitalized: FTL

FTL (comparative form only)

  1. (abbreviation, comparative-only, initialism) Initialism of faster-than-light.

Prepositional phrase capitalized: FTL

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of for the loss.
  2. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of for the lulz.

Forms of ftl

pluralFTLs

Words formed from ftl

Phrases with ftl

Questions about ftl

What is ftl the initialism of?
Ftl is the initialism of for the loss.
What part of speech is ftl?
Ftl can be a noun, an adjective or a prepositional phrase.
What is the plural of ftl?
The plural of ftl is FTLs.

Words near ftl in the dictionary

  1. FTIR
  2. ftira
  3. ftiras
  4. FTIRs
  5. FTK
  6. ftl
  7. FTL drive
  8. FTL drives
  9. FTLB
  10. FTLBs
  11. FTLs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ftl (page history and authors); FTL (page history and authors); for the loss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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