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smoochy
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QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 01:11 PM

I keep seeing PTB. what does that mean

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ThinkingOutLoud
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 01:15 PM

powers that be?

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kitcat51
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 01:26 PM

Please text back...it could mean something else depending on where you're seeing it so Goggle it.

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Puppy Lips
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 01:29 PM

I thought it was Powers That Be.  Could also be TPTB for The Powers That Be.

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World Traveler
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 01:30 PM

Depends upon how it is used. It can mean:

 

Pulmonary TB

Power Terminal Block 

Push the Button

Passenger Transportation Building

Project Team Builder

Please Text Back

Place to be

Preterm Birth

Phenobarbital

Park the Bus

 

etc., etc.,

 

 

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icezeus
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 02:08 PM

@smoochy 

 

I assume you mean in the "Book Club" forum.

 

It means pull the bookmark. When you just can't finish a book. 

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smoochy
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Re: QUESTION

‎07-30-2025 03:38 PM

@icezeus wrote:

@smoochy 

 

I assume you mean in the "Book Club" forum.

 

It means pull the bookmark. When you just can't finish a book. 

aha! Thanks. Never would've guessed 

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