"Just a sec," in text-speak

• "Putting the phone down for a sec," in textspeak
• "I need to step away from the conversation for a second," in a text
• Texter's "Need a short break"
• "hold on 1 sec ok?"
• Cybertalk for "I shall return momentarily"
• Texter's "Gimme a sec"
• "Returning soon," in online shorthand

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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
init. (alternative case form of BRB nodot=1 English) (gloss: be right back).