tru

Adjective

tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of true.
   • 2014, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues‎, Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, Disney Book Group, →ISBN:

     sashaFEROCIOUS228: not
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: happy
     tinydancerlexi14: why???
     tinydancerlexi14: cuz singles awareness day 2morro?
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: ugh shut up
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate when ppl call it that
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate you
     tinydancerlexi14: its tru tho
     tinydancerlexi14: u dont have a bf

   • 2017, Chyna Moore-Smith, Orbit. A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, and Conversations from the First Time I Fell in Love., [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 29:

     Chyna: Lmao okay, that’s not true so idk why she told you that.
     Chyna: My only focus rn is college and money.
     Jonathan: No, not like tht. She asked me if i thought u couldve and i said yea ot wouldnt suprise me. She jus asked me.
     Jonathan: And if those are ur only focuses, yd u ask me
     Jonathan: She ddnt say anything about being tru
     Jonathan: She jus asked if i had thought of it

   • 2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair‎, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:

     And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night. Then, pics, u promised. / And Connor said, u think im fukkin high? no phones in the room. dunc’s rules. / The second-string boy said, bet Dunc’s rules say no trophies too. / Connor said, dammm. And then, tru tho. And then, check it out lmao.

References

• “Tru”, in Slang.net‎, 2013–2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-02: “Tru is an easy and common way to abbreviate "true" - because it reads and sounds exactly the same.”

Anagrams

• URT, UTR, Tur, RTU, rut, tur