WYBD

What Does WYBD Mean in a Text?

The Quick Answer

WYBD means "What've You Been Doing?".

More Observations...

It is used to ask for an update on another person's life. (WYBD can indicate any length of time from a few minutes to a few years.)

Of note, WYBD is not always followed by a question mark, but users will overlook this grammatical error.

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When I write WYBD, I mean this:

Catching up with a friend.

Summary of Key Points

We have summarized the key points in the table below:

WYBD
Definition:	What've You Been Doing?
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	2: Quite easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

Examples of WYBD in Sentences

Here are examples of WYBD in conversations:

Tony: We haven't spoken for ages! WYBD?
Jordan: I've been working a lot these days. You?

Tony: Hey, WYBD
Jordan: Not much. How was the party?

An Academic Look at WYBD

WYBD is an initialism abbreviation. Technically, this means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., Dublyu Wy Bee Dee), but as this is harder to say than "What've you been doing," it is not often uttered using its letters. In other words, the abbreviation WYBD is for efficiency in writing and not efficiency in speech. From a grammatical perspective, WYBD is an interrogative sentence (i.e., a question).