Acronyms dictionary
HBD
What does HBD mean?
HBD is an acronym for Happy Birthday. It’s often seen as a lazy way of messaging someone on their birthday.
It’s also occasionally used to mean here be dragons, referring to unexplored or dangerous territory ahead.
Examples of HBD
Writing HBD on someone's Facebook wall instead of happy birthday translates to, "I like you, just not enough to type two whole words."
@Rollinintheseat, October, 2015
"HBD" is what you write when:
Your fingers are lazy.
Your care factor is zero, or thereabouts.
You've had a creative brain fart.
Adam Bub, mamamia.com.au, May, 2017
#HBD to America’s 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson!
@HouseGOP, April 2018
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