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How about you? A back-question used to bounce a conversation back after answering — most often after "how are you" or "what are you doing". The mirror twin of "wbu".
doing ok, just tired from work. hbu?
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- WBU84%
What about you? Functionally identical to "hbu" — used to turn a question back on the person who just asked it. Slight regional and personal preference between the two; some people use them interchangeably in the same chat.
- story, bud57%
(idiomatic, Ireland, Dublin) Used as a greeting; How are you?, What's up?.
- ask back57%
(transitive, chiefly, UK) To offer someone to get back to one's house after a date.
- ask back57%
(transitive) To invite an interviewee to a further interview.
- HB56%
(slang, seduction community) , someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.).