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brb

Origin
World English Dictionary
BRB
 
abbreviation for
be right back

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Brb is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

brb
by 1996, Internet chat acronym for be right back.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

be right back definition


and BRB
  1. phr. & comp. abb.
    I will return to communicating shortly. : Excuse me, BRB. , He's out of pocket, but he'll be right back.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

BRB definition

chat
(I will) be right back.
(1998-01-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
BRB
be right back
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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