"BYOB" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} BYOB
  1. (also attributive) Initialism of bring your own bottle/booze/beer/beverage. Tags: abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, initialism Alternative form of: bring your own bottle/booze/beer/beverage Synonyms: BYO Coordinate_terms: cash bar, full bar, fully licensed, open bar
    Sense id: en-BYOB-en-phrase-RhYtCwKg Categories (other): Food and drink Disambiguation of Food and drink: 100 0 0
  2. (US, Utah) Initialism of bring your own Bible. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bring your own Bible
    Sense id: en-BYOB-en-phrase-Efqwl82x Categories (other): American English
  3. (computing) Initialism of bring your own buffer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bring your own buffer
    Sense id: en-BYOB-en-phrase-WIjepPOL Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 33 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 34 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 26 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: BYO, BYOW, corkage
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