Prolly
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Shortened version of probably. Typically used in online conversations, although REALLY lazy people have started using it in verbal conversations as well...
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Literary colloquialism for probably, most likely first used in print in John Kennedy Tooles Confederacy of Dunces, (1980), in the speech of one of the books characters, the mother of the protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly. The use of the word is meant to reflect the speech typical of white working-class residents of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Web-slang abbreviation of probably. Used extensively in forums and instant messsaging worldwide.
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A spoken colloquialism that existed pre-internet, despite what many people claim.
Prolly is a clipped pronunciation of probably; compare with gday as a clipped pronunciation of good day, or gonna as a common spoken shortening of going to.
Certainly non-standard, but not necessarily indicative of the writers laziness. For some, writing in this manner mimics their natural speech pattern/dialect.
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A shortened form of probably, used mainly in texting and emails.
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Probably as said by people who live in the delusion of having an infinite amount of swag.
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The lazy and misspelled use of the word probably.
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Short for probably. Used by only OG mofos, Cholos and gangbangers
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[new word] for [probably].
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For [Idiots] who cannot [spell] probably correctly use this [version].
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