"hold on 1 sec ok?"

• "Have to step away for a sec," breifly
• "Hold on a sec," while texting
• "One sec, gotta talk 2 my parents quickly"
• Palindromic "Hang tight" text
• Cybertalk for "I shall return momentarily"
• Texter's "Just a sec"
• "I'll return shortly," in a text
• "Hang on a sec," in texts

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