Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inb4

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
in-b4
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

conj

Preemptively responding to a predicted circumstance or response.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From in before. It originated on 4chan: on threads that users thought would be locked, they would comment "in before the lock", or "I got a comment in before the thread locked." Before then got abbreviated independently into B4 or b4.

Inflected Forms

in before (alternative)

Synonyms

before

Questions

What does inb4 mean?
Preemptively responding to a predicted circumstance or response.
Where does inb4 come from?
From in before. It originated on 4chan: on threads that users thought would be locked, they would comment "in before the lock", or "I got a comment in before the thread locked." Before then got abbreviated independently into B4 or b4.

How to pronounce inb4

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