Although cortisol videos still crop up on my TL every so often, I’ve seen enough marked as ‘paid partnership’ to know that I shouldn’t be taking them seriously. 2026 March 20, Brit Dawson, “‘I went on a cortisol ‘detox’ to tackle my spiralling anxiety — here’s what happened’”, in Cosmopolitan:
TL Lost All Composure After That Clip […] And of course, there are plenty who said she just pisses them off so bad, but hey, you can’t deny she keeps the timeline entertained. 2025 September 18, Desjah, “Wait, WHAT?! Chrisean Rock’s Foot Antics With HoodTrophy Bino Got The TL Stressed (VIDEO)”, in The Shade Room, Los Angeles, Calif., archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025:
(abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, slang) Initialism of trade-last.
Nothing about my natural charms no more, an egg's age since anybody had called me to 1 side and whispered "I got a T. L. for you. Gertie thinks your ears is immense." 1922, Thomas Lansing Masson, Our American Humorists, page 201:
So autobiographical was The Children's Hour that there are even “TL's” between the children, those “trade lasts” in which people must come up with compliments they have heard about each other, a game which amused Lily […] 1997, Joan Mellen, Hellman and Hammett, page 71:
(abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Abbreviation of translation.