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* B Be, Bee, Been, Bye (15,1,1,1)
B&B Bye & Blessings
B&P Blanks & Postage
B&W Black & White
B'DAY Birthday (3)
* B/C Because (14)
B2 Back To
B2B Business To Business
B2W Back To Work
B3 Blah, Blah, Blah
* B4 Before (44)
* B4N BFN Bye For Now (good either way)(73)
B4U Before You (2)
B4YKI Before You Know It (2)
B8B Behind the 8 Ball (at a disadvantage / in a tough situation)
B@K Back At Keyboard
B@THPICS4 Be At The Pictures for .....pm
BAC Back At computer
BAC Bad Arsed Chick
BAC By Any Chance (6)
BAD Broken/Bad As Designed (6)
BAG Busting A Gut (Laughing)(3)
BAIC Boy Am I Confused
* BAK Back At (the) Keyboard (34)
BAK Back At Keys
BAM By All Means
BANANA Built Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody
BAP Back At Powwow
BAR&AHP Between A Rock & A Hard Place (in a bad situation)
BAS Big Arsed Smile (8)
BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
BATR Bouncing Around The Room
BAU Business As Usual (3)
BB Bathroom Break
BB Be Back
BB Bulletin Board (forum, message board)(2)
BBB Busy Beyond Belief (2)
BBB Bye Bye Baby
BBBG Bye Bye, Be Good (4)
BBC Bottom Of Back Cover
BBD Basically Brain Dead
BBF Best Buds Forever
BBFBBM Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel (3)
BBFCFM Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
* BBFN BB4N Bye Bye For Now (good either way)(25)
BBI Big Brother Inside
* BBIAB Be Back In A Bit (19)
BBIABUPB Be Back In A Bit, Urgent Potty Break
* BBIAF Be Back In A Few (minutes) (14)
BBIAM Be Back In A Minute (4)
BBIAS Be Back In A Sec(ond) (4)
BBIAW Be Back In A While (2)
BBJ Big Ball Jam / Beach Ball Jam / Big Beach Jam
* BBL BBL8R Be Back Later/Late (63,2)
* BBN Bye Bye Now (16)
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair (9)
* BBS Be Back Soon (30)
BBS Bulletin Board System/Service (7)
BBSD Be Back Soon Darling (3)
BBSL Be Back Sooner or Later (3)
BBSTYWTCMDJBAP Be Back Sooner Than You Would Think, Considering My Dog Just Bit A Policeman
BBT Be Back Tomorrow (2)
BBW Big Beautiful Woman (2)
BC Back Cover
BC Basket Case (2)
BC Be cool
BC Because (5)
BCBC Beggars Can't Be Choosers
BCBS Big Company, Big School (2)
BCC Blind Carbon Copy (2)
BCM Became
* BCNU Be Seeing You (goodbye)(40)
BCNU Be seein’ you
BCOZ Because (3)
BCUM Become
* BD Big Deal (11)
BD Brain-dead
BD BDAY Birthday (3)
BDC Big Dumb Company / Big Dot Com (2)
BDINI Big Deal I'm Not Impressed
BDN Big Darn Number (3)
* BEG Big Evil Grin (21)
BF Biological Father
* BF Boyfriend (32)
BFD Big Fricking/Flipping Deal (7)
BFF Best Friends Forever (3)
BFFL Best Friends For Life
BFG Big Fat Grin
BFG Big Friendly Giant
BFG Big Friendly/Fricking Giant/Gun/Grin (6 possibilities)
BFG Big Friggin Gun
BFGWST Big Fat Grin With Sharp Teeth
BFH Big Fricking Hammer
BFHD Big Fat Hairy Deal
BFI Brute Force & Ignorance (2)
BFI Bunch of Fricking Idiots (2)
BFLD Baffled
BFMI Brute Force & Massive Ignorance (2)
* BFN B4N Bye For Now (35,2)
BFOG Blouse Full Of Goodies
BFS Big Fricking Screwdriver
BFZ4EVR Best Friends For Ever (2)
BG Big Giggle
* BG Big Grin, (21)
BG Bl**dy Git
BGUTI Better Get Used To It
BGWM Be Gentle With Me
BH Better Half (2)
BHL8 Be Home Late (5)
BHOF Bald Headed Old Fart (3)
BIAB Be Back In A Bit
* BIBO Beer In, Beer Out (10)
BIC Best In Class (2)
BICBW But I Could Be Wrong (2)
BIF Basis In Fact (6)
BIF Before I Forget (6)
BIL Boss Is Listening (5)
* BIL Brother In Law (11)
BIN Binary
BIN Buy It Now
* BION Believe It Or Not (15)
BIOS Basic Input-Output System
BIOTOE Blow It Out The Other End
BIOYA Blow It Out Your Arse (2)
BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port (Input/Output)(5)
BIOYN Blow It Out Your Nose (2)
BISS Because I Said/Say So
BISSTW Because I Said So, That's Why
BIT Binary Digit
BITD Back In The Day (2)
BITD Beaten It To Death (2)
BITGOD Back In The good Old Days
BITMT But In The Meantime (2)
BK Back
BK Because (2)
BK Break
BKA Better Known As (5)
BKAM Between Keyboard And Monitor (problem is the user)
BL Belly Laugh(Ing) (5)
BLTN Better Late Than Never
BM Blonde Moment (2)
BM Bugger Me
BM Byte Me (3)
BMGWL Busting My Gut With Laughter (4)
BMHATK Banging My Head Against The Keyboard
BMHATW Banging My Head Against The Wall (2)
BML Bitting My Lip
BMOC Big Man On Campus (2)
BMOTA Byte Me On The Arse (2)
BMTA Brilliant Minds Think Alike
BMTIPG Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters (4)
BMW Be My Wife (2)
BN Been (2)
BN Being
BNF Big Name Fan (7)
BNI Batteries Not Included
BO Buzz Off
BOAF Birds Of A Feather
BOC But Of Course (3)
BOF Birds Of a Feather (2)
BOFH Bad [system] Operator From Hades (2)
BOGOF Buy One Get One Free
BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (6)
BOHOF Back Of Hand On Forehead
BOL Best Of Luck (5)
BOS Big Orange Switch (2)
* BOT Back On Topic (14)
BOT Robot (4)
BOTE Back Of The Envelope
BOTEC Back Of The Envelope Calculation (5)
BP Blood Pressure
BPS Bits-Per-Second
BR Bathroom (2)
BR BRS Best Regards (2)
* BRB Be Right Back (82)
BRBCTA2S Be Right Back, Can't Think of Anything To Say (2)
BRBGP Be Right Back, Gotta Pee (2)
BRBGTGP Be Right Back, Got To Go Pee
BRBIGGAT Be Right Back, I Gotta Get A Towel
BRBIGGP Be Right Back, I Gotta Go Pee!
BRBIGP Be Right Back, I Gotta Pee
BRBNC Be Right Back, Nature Calls
BRBUPB Be Right Back, Urgent Potty Break
BRH Be Right Here (4)
BRILL Brilliant
BROS Brothers
BRS Big Red Switch (9)
* BRT Be Right There (13)
BRTR Bouncing Round The Room
BS Big Smile (4)
BS Bullstuff
BSF But Seriously, Folks (3)
BSG Big Smiling Grin
BSG Broad Sweeping Generalization / Big Smiling Grin (2)
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death (3)
BST But Seriously Though
BT Byte This (2)
BTA Be There. Aloha!
BTA Before The Attacks (2)
BTA But Then Again (19)
BTAICBW But Then Again I Could Be Wrong (2)
BTAIM Be That As It May (8)
BTC Biting The Carpet
* BTDT Been There, Done That (26)
BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt (9)
BTFOOM Beats Te Funk Out Of Me
BTFT Been There Fixed That
BTG Buck Tooth Grin
BTGOG By The Grace Of God
BTHOM Beats The Heck Out Of/Outta Me (8)
BTHOOM Beats The Heck Out Of Me
BTLSOM Beats The Living Stuff Out of Me
BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead (7)
BTOBS Be There Or Be Square (3)
BTPOOM Beats The Poo Out Of Me!
BTR Better
* BTSOOM Beats The Stuff Out Of Me (11)
BTSOOM Beats The Stuffing Out Of Me
BTTP Back To The Point
BTU Back To You
* BTW By The Way (93)
BTWBO Be There With Bells On (4)
BTWN Between
BTY Blessings To You
BUAF Butt Ugly ASCII Font
BUAG Big/Butt Ugly Ascii Graphic
BUGS Bloody User Generated Symptoms
BW Best Wishes (2)
BW Black & White
BWD Backward
BWDIK But What Do I Know? (3)
BWFH Bad Webmaster From Hades
BWG Big Wide Grin (2)
BWK Big Wet Kiss
BWKOL Big Wet Kiss On Lips
BWKOTL Big Wet Kiss On The Lips
* BWL Bursting With Laughter (20)
BWO Black, White or Other (3)
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient (9)
BWS Big Wide Smile
BWTHDIK But What The Heck Do I Know...? (2)
BWU Be With You
BY Busy (2)
BY Good Bye
BYC By Your Command
BYE Goodbye (3)
BYE Response to BYE?
BYE? Are You Ready To Say Goodbye? (2)
BYE? Are you ready to say goodbye? If so, type "BYE" (2)
* BYKT But You Knew/Know That (10)
BYKTA But You Know/Knew That Already (3)
BYM Believe You Me
BYO Bring Your Own
BYOB Bring Your Own Booze/Beverage/Beer/Bud/Booze (2)
BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle/Booze (7)
BYOM Bring Your Own Mac (3)
BYORL Bring Your Own Rocket Launcher (2)
BYTM Better You Than Me
BZOF Buzz Off (3)
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BYE? Are You Ready To Say Goodbye? (2)
BYE? Are you ready to say goodbye? If so, type "BYE" (2)
BK Back
* BAK Back At (the) Keyboard (34)
B@K Back At Keyboard
BAK Back At Keys
BAP Back At Powwow
BAC Back At computer
BC Back Cover
BITD Back In The Day (2)
BITGOD Back In The good Old Days
BOHOF Back Of Hand On Forehead
BOTE Back Of The Envelope
BOTEC Back Of The Envelope Calculation (5)
* BOT Back On Topic (14)
B2 Back To
BTTP Back To The Point
B2W Back To Work
BTU Back To You
BWD Backward
BAC Bad Arsed Chick
BWFH Bad Webmaster From Hades
BOFH Bad [system] Operator From Hades (2)
BFLD Baffled
BHOF Bald Headed Old Fart (3)
BMHATK Banging My Head Against The Keyboard
BMHATW Banging My Head Against The Wall (2)
BIOS Basic Input-Output System
BBD Basically Brain Dead
BIF Basis In Fact (6)
BC Basket Case (2)
BR Bathroom (2)
BB Bathroom Break
BNI Batteries Not Included
B@THPICS4 Be At The Pictures for .....pm
BB Be Back
BIAB Be Back In A Bit
* BBIAB Be Back In A Bit (19)
BBIABUPB Be Back In A Bit, Urgent Potty Break
BBIAF Be Back In A Few (minutes) (14)
BBIAM Be Back In A Minute (4)
BBIAS Be Back In A Sec(ond) (4)
BBIAW Be Back In A While (2)
* BBL BBL8R Be Back Later/Late (63,2)
* BBS Be Back Soon (30)
BBSD Be Back Soon Darling (3)
BBSTYWTCMDJBAP Be Back Sooner Than You Would Think, Considering My Dog Just Bit A Policeman
BBSL Be Back Sooner or Later (3)
BBT Be Back Tomorrow (2)
BGWM Be Gentle With Me
BHL8 Be Home Late (5)
BMW Be My Wife (2)
* BRB Be Right Back (82)
BRBCTA2S Be Right Back, Can't Think of Anything To Say (2)
BRBGTGP Be Right Back, Got To Go Pee
BRBGP Be Right Back, Gotta Pee (2)
BRBIGGAT Be Right Back, I Gotta Get A Towel
BRBIGGP Be Right Back, I Gotta Go Pee!
BRBIGP Be Right Back, I Gotta Pee
BRBNC Be Right Back, Nature Calls
BRBUPB Be Right Back, Urgent Potty Break
BRH Be Right Here (4)
* BRT Be Right There (13)
* BCNU Be Seeing You (goodbye)(40)
BTAIM Be That As It May (8)
BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead (7)
BTOBS Be There Or Be Square (3)
BTWBO Be There With Bells On (4)
BTA Be There. Aloha!
BWU Be With You
BC Be cool
BCNU Be seein’ you
* B Be, Bee, Been, Bye (15,1,1,1)
BITD Beaten It To Death (2)
BTFOOM Beats Te Funk Out Of Me
BTHOOM Beats The Heck Out Of Me
BTHOM Beats The Heck Out Of/Outta Me (8)
BTLSOM Beats The Living Stuff Out of Me
BTPOOM Beats The Poo Out Of Me!
* BTSOOM Beats The Stuff Out Of Me (11)
BTSOOM Beats The Stuffing Out Of Me
BCM Became
* B/C Because (14)
BK Because (2)
BCOZ Because (3)
BC Because (5)
BISSTW Because I Said So, That's Why
BISS Because I Said/Say So
BCUM Become
BN Been (2)
BTFT Been There Fixed That
* BTDT Been There, Done That (26)
BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt (9)
* BIBO Beer In, Beer Out (10)
* B4 Before (44)
BIF Before I Forget (6)
BTA Before The Attacks (2)
B4U Before You (2)
B4YKI Before You Know It (2)
BCBC Beggars Can't Be Choosers
B8B Behind the 8 Ball (at a disadvantage / in a tough situation)
BN Being
* BION Believe It Or Not (15)
BYM Believe You Me
BL Belly Laugh(Ing) (5)
BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (6)
BBF Best Buds Forever
BFZ4EVR Best Friends For Ever (2)
BFFL Best Friends For Life
BFF Best Friends Forever (3)
BIC Best In Class (2)
BOL Best Of Luck (5)
BR BRS Best Regards (2)
BW Best Wishes (2)
BTR Better
BGUTI Better Get Used To It
BH Better Half (2)
BKA Better Known As (5)
BLTN Better Late Than Never
BYTM Better You Than Me
BTWN Between
BAR&AHP Between A Rock & A Hard Place (in a bad situation)
BKAM Between Keyboard And Monitor (problem is the user)
BAS Big Arsed Smile (8)
BBJ Big Ball Jam / Beach Ball Jam / Big Beach Jam
BBW Big Beautiful Woman (2)
BBFCFM Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
BBI Big Brother Inside
BCBS Big Company, Big School (2)
BDN Big Darn Number (3)
* BD Big Deal (11)
BDINI Big Deal I'm Not Impressed
BDC Big Dumb Company / Big Dot Com (2)
* BEG Big Evil Grin (21)
BFG Big Fat Grin
BFGWST Big Fat Grin With Sharp Teeth
BFHD Big Fat Hairy Deal
BFH Big Fricking Hammer
BFS Big Fricking Screwdriver
BFD Big Fricking/Flipping Deal (7)
BFG Big Friendly Giant
BFG Big Friendly/Fricking Giant/Gun/Grin (6 possibilities)
BFG Big Friggin Gun
BG Big Giggle
* BG Big Grin, (21)
BMOC Big Man On Campus (2)
BNF Big Name Fan (7)
BOS Big Orange Switch (2)
BRS Big Red Switch (9)
BS Big Smile (4)
BSG Big Smiling Grin
BWK Big Wet Kiss
BWKOL Big Wet Kiss On Lips
BWKOTL Big Wet Kiss On The Lips
BWG Big Wide Grin (2)
BWS Big Wide Smile
BUAG Big/Butt Ugly Ascii Graphic
BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
BIN Binary
BIT Binary Digit
BF Biological Father
BOAF Birds Of A Feather
BOF Birds Of a Feather (2)
B'DAY Birthday (3)
BD BDAY Birthday (3)
BTC Biting The Carpet
BPS Bits-Per-Second
BML Bitting My Lip
BG Bl**dy Git
B&W Black & White
BW Black & White
BWO Black, White or Other (3)
B3 Blah, Blah, Blah
B&P Blanks & Postage
BTY Blessings To You
BCC Blind Carbon Copy (2)
BM Blonde Moment (2)
BP Blood Pressure
BUGS Bloody User Generated Symptoms
BFOG Blouse Full Of Goodies
BIOTOE Blow It Out The Other End
BIOYA Blow It Out Your Arse (2)
BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port (Input/Output)(5)
BIOYN Blow It Out Your Nose (2)
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death (3)
BBFBBM Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel (3)
BIL Boss Is Listening (5)
BBC Bottom Of Back Cover
BATR Bouncing Around The Room
BRTR Bouncing Round The Room
BAIC Boy Am I Confused
* BF Boyfriend (32)
BD Brain-dead
BK Break
BRILL Brilliant
BMTA Brilliant Minds Think Alike
BMTIPG Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters (4)
BYO Bring Your Own
BYOB Bring Your Own Booze/Beverage/Beer/Bud/Booze (2)
BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle/Booze (7)
BYOM Bring Your Own Mac (3)
BYORL Bring Your Own Rocket Launcher (2)
BSG Broad Sweeping Generalization / Big Smiling Grin (2)
BAD Broken/Bad As Designed (6)
* BIL Brother In Law (11)
BROS Brothers
BFI Brute Force & Ignorance (2)
BFMI Brute Force & Massive Ignorance (2)
BTG Buck Tooth Grin
BM Bugger Me
BANANA Built Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody
BB Bulletin Board (forum, message board)(2)
BBS Bulletin Board System/Service (7)
BS Bullstuff
BFI Bunch of Fricking Idiots (2)
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair (9)
* BWL Bursting With Laughter (20)
BAU Business As Usual (3)
B2B Business To Business
BAG Busting A Gut (Laughing)(3)
BMGWL Busting My Gut With Laughter (4)
BY Busy (2)
BBB Busy Beyond Belief (2)
BICBW But I Could Be Wrong (2)
BITMT But In The Meantime (2)
BOC But Of Course (3)
BST But Seriously Though
BSF But Seriously, Folks (3)
* BTA But Then Again (19)
BTAICBW But Then Again I Could Be Wrong (2)
BWDIK But What Do I Know? (3)
BWTHDIK But What The Heck Do I Know...? (2)
* BYKT But You Knew/Know That (10)
BYKTA But You Know/Knew That Already (3)
BUAF Butt Ugly ASCII Font
BIN Buy It Now
BOGOF Buy One Get One Free
BO Buzz Off
BZOF Buzz Off (3)
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient (9)
BAM By All Means
BAC By Any Chance (6)
BTGOG By The Grace Of God
* BTW By The Way (93)
BYC By Your Command
B&B Bye & Blessings
BBB Bye Bye Baby
* BBFN BB4N Bye Bye For Now (good either way)(25)
* BBN Bye Bye Now (16)
BBBG Bye Bye, Be Good (4)
* BFN B4N Bye For Now (35,2)
* B4N BFN Bye For Now (good either way)(73)
BM Byte Me (3)
BMOTA Byte Me On The Arse (2)
BT Byte This (2)
BY Good Bye
BYE Goodbye (3)
BYE Response to BYE?
BOT Robot (4)
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