TBR

Someone who is dropping a truth bomb on you may start or end their message with TBR (to be real). This means the message contains the person's honest opinion.

Often, people use TBR when they are retracting a previous statement or saying something that contradicts conventional wisdom. For example, your friend Paulie might send you a message that says "TBR I don't really like pizza." (In which case, you could respond with "What??? HOW???")

TBR means to be rude and is used to warn that an honest and critical comment is coming. It is usually seen on social sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

TBR is one of the more controversial acronyms because it is often associated with cyberbullying. The bullying commonly consists of users leaving comments on people's pictures criticizing their appearance.

Booklovers use TBR to mean "to be read." A TBR is a list of books a reader intends to read "soon." Sometimes, a biblophile's TBR might also take physical form, as a stack of books lying on a coffee table, nightstand, or desk.

Many readers update their TBRs at the beginning or end of the year, to curate their reading list for the year to come. Others just add and select books from their TBR willy-nilly.

An acronym that can be used in business or scheduling situations when an outstanding issue or conflict has yet to be resolved.

An acronym that may refer to a document that needs revision before publication.

A term that refers to web domains that are about to be released to general registration since the current registration period has expired; often refers to Canadian websites with the ".ca" URL suffix.