IM shorthand while running to the bathroom

• "Returning soon," in online shorthand
• "I need a short break"
• "Hang on a sec," in texts
• "I need to step away for a sec," in an IM
• Texter's "I'm away for a moment"
• "One sec, gotta talk 2 my parents quickly"
• "Just a minute," in texts
• Cybertalk for "I shall return momentarily"
• "Just a sec!," in a text

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1996, Internet chat acronym for be right back .