ngl
Informal Neutral
What it really means
Text abbreviation for "not gonna lie" — used like "tbh" to introduce an honest or slightly surprising opinion: "ngl, that was actually great".
Chinese explanation
not gonna lie（不骗你/讲真）的缩写，用法和 tbh 类似，引出真实或略出人意料的看法：ngl, that was actually great（讲真，那真的挺棒）。
Example conversation
A: How was the society social?
B: ngl it was way better than I expected.
A：社团聚会怎么样？
B：讲真，比我预期的好太多了。
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