BRB
[/bē/är/bē]
Part of speech: verb
1.
Be right back
2.
An informal phrase, first used online, meant to ensure conversation partners that the user will return shortly
Examples of BRB in a sentence
"BRB, I need to feed my goldfish."
"While chatting online, she promised to BRB so her friend wouldn't wonder why she wasn't responding quickly."
About BRB
It may have seemed improbable back in the days of AOL chat rooms, but BRB is now used IRL (in real life) nearly as often as it is online. And before you go lamenting the deterioration of the English language, remind yourself that slang has been ingratiating itself into "proper" forms of speaking for as language has existed.
Did you Know?
BRB is among the most popular initialisms in online communication, so much so that it is now in dictionaries and often used in real-life conversation.
