Definition of BRB

BRB    

interjection

• acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon." Used mainly in text-based communication (text messaging, online chat, etc.)

  brb, phone call.

  • See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Blondi 9. on Dec 16 1997.

• allegedly, an acronym for "bathroom break".

  Last edited on May 06 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on May 04 2014.

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Other terms relating to 'Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of)':
nope	Definitions include: "no".
GG	Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
AFK	Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard."
A/S/L	Definitions include: acronym for "age, sex, location."
LPT	Definitions include: acronym for "life protip".
zomfg	Definitions include: "Oh my fucking God."
YKWIM	Definitions include: acronym for "you know what I mean."
LOL	Definitions include: acronym of "laugh out loud" or "laughing out loud."
LYL	Definitions include: acronym for "love you lots".
FR	Definitions include: acronym for "for real".
wuz	Definitions include: "what's".
DC	Definitions include: "disconnect".
YW	Definitions include: acronym for "you're welcome".
FFS	Definitions include: acronym for "for fuck's sake."
IWTFIL	Definitions include: acronym for "I want to fall in love".
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Other terms relating to 'back':
back	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
back *sswards	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
back at the ranch	Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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Other terms relating to 'be':
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
BBL	Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
be a cold day in hell when	Definitions include: never.
be a dot	Definitions include: to be leaving.
be all about	Definitions include: to devote a significant amount of one's time too.
be all ears	Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
be all in the same boat	Definitions include: to be in a bad situation along with others.
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
be ars*d	Definitions include: be bothered.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be dog meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be easy	Definitions include: "goodbye".
be fender meat	Definitions include: to be dead.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
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Other terms relating to 'right':
all righty	Definitions include: "all right".
BRT	Definitions include: acronym for "be right there".
cut right to the chase	Definitions include: See "cut to the chase".
dat rite	Definitions include: "That is right".
DTRT	Definitions include: acronym for "do the right thing".
FRO	Definitions include: afro.
f*cking rights	Definitions include: an expression of extreme agreement. more commonly used by itself in agreement with another party. The "Rights" is emphasized
get right	Definitions include: to get high.
give (one's) right arm for	Definitions include: to want very badly.
have dead to rights	Definitions include: to have sufficient evidence to hold one responsibility.
IKR	Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?"
job's right	Definitions include: "Everything's okay, I've got everything under control."
left (or right) nut	Definitions include: In the same tradition as calling shotgun, these two terms refer to the back seats on the left and right side of the vehicle.
Mr. Right	Definitions include: the person who one is destined to marry.
Mrs. Right	Definitions include: the person who one is destined to marry.
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