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  • Beckyundefined Offline
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    Becky
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    #2

    Be right back. No longer taken literally, people just say it when they are going to be gone for any amount of time, whether it be 20 seconds or 20 minutes.

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    • Jessicaundefined Offline
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      Short for brb, which some people use literally, and are gone anywhere from 3 seconds to 5 minutes. Some people, however, use it much more loosely, and will be gone for hours on end, and usually come back making a truly shitty excuse for why they were gone so long. Used mainly in IM conversations.

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        1.A shortened version to signify the message Be Right Back.
        2.A lame excuse to find out lamer acronyms for brb...

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          Donald Trump
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          Shortend way to say Be Right Back used lots in messengers or internet chat.

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            brb: be right back
            internet talk

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            • Soniaundefined Offline
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              When someone doesnt feel like talking to you...

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              • Beckyundefined Offline
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                To be gone for periods of time that could be from 5 minutes to 5 days.

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                • Tanya Shivariundefined Offline
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                  Tanya Shivari
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                  An expression used in AIM conversations. Though technically meaning be right back, it is more commonly used as an excuse to leave a conversation with a person you dont want to talk to anymore.

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                    The [short term] for Be Right Back which usually means that people have told their friends [via text] or internet based [social services] that they have gone somewhere for a brief period of time which usually stand for the time of up to half an hour unless theyve said that it would be longer. Although in some cases, the term of BRB can also mean that they have gone for more than 6 hours without any hint of what they are doing, which usually suggests that they are having a hard time trying to masturbate properly.

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                      [An abbreviation] for [Be Right Back]. Some people use it correctly and some use it as a [substitute] for leaving a conversation.

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                        An Acronym for be right back, according to [Netiquette] should be used for an absence less than or equal to ten minutes, if the allotted is above that then [bbiab] should be used instead if youre not [logging off], otherwise use bbl

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                          What you type into an IM [window] when you dont want to talk to that person anymore. After [typing], you simply dont talk to them anymore. Thus you are spared from their company and they are not [offended].

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                            Stands for be right back. Used in [IMing]. Some people actually do [come right] back after saying [brb]. Most people dont come back after saying brb. [Brb] is used for an excuse (some of the time) so that the other will stop talking to them, but they wont have to go offline. Usually responded to by kk which means kay, kool

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                              written abbreviation for be right back: used when you stop taking part in a discussion in an internet chat room for a short time

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