DNF (third-person singular simple presentDNFs,present participleDNFing,simple past and past participleDNFedorDNF'ed)
To fail to finish, as a sporting event or a piece of media.
While I used to love them, now I keepDNFing superhero movies.
2014, Phil Gaimon,Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro[1], VeloPress,→ISBN:
He'dDNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win.
2021 August 10, Danika Ellis, “I'm Breaking Up With 3-Star Reads”, inBook Riot[2], archived fromthe original on16 August 2021:
Others refuse to everDNF, slowly slogging through even the worst of books. I fall somewhere in the middle. I'llDNF a book early on if I realize I'm unlikely to enjoy it.
