SB

See also: sb, Sb, .sb, and s/b

Translingual

Symbol

SB

(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Solomon Islands.
Synonym: SLB (alpha-3)

English

Etymology 1

Initialisms.

Proper noun

SB

Initialism of Special Branch.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181:
  The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.
(American football) Initialism of Super Bowl.
- 2013 February 3, Jim Carlton, “Fast-Running Quarterback Has a Slow Sidekick”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 December 2014:
  "Humans keep asking me if I'm going to SB," Sammy's account recently tweeted, regarding the Super Bowl. "I'm a desert tortoise. Bayou isn't my thing."
- 2026 February 3, Houston Mitchell, “Rams sign Sean McVay, Les Snead to contract extensions”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 February 2026:
  2019 — Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA: New England Patriots beat Rams, 13-3; MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots’ 6th SB victory
- 2026 February 4, Dan Shanoff, “NBC’s plan to win the sports year: Super Bowl, Olympics, then every Sunday: MoneyCall”, in The Athletic‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  Last year’s Super Bowl 59 set a record for SB viewership.
  (Can we archive this URL?)
(linguistics) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

Noun

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

(medicine) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
(sports) Initialism of season best (this season's personal best).
(baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
(electronics, communication) Abbreviation of sideband.
Abbreviation of sexbot.
(law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of senate bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a senate”) (Compare HB.)
SB5
- 2024 December 25, Devin Trubey, “California to remove restrictions on ADUs, add enforcement if cities don't comply with housing laws”, in ABC10‎^[4]:
  SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight.
- 2025 July 17, “ADC Warns: California’s SB 771 is Censorship Disguised as Civil Rights”, in American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee‎^[5]:
  “Exposing companies to such extreme civil penalties would likely force the overpolicing of lawful expression, chill free speech, and distort the online environment in ways that harms all users,” said ADC National Executive Director, Abed Ayoub. “Beyond moral and political concerns, SB 771 also raises serious constitutional issues.”
(law, politics) Initialism of state bill.
(wine) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
(nautical, maritime) Initialism of sailing barge.
Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

Coordinate terms: (sailing) SV, SY

Coordinate term: (barge) MB
(nautical, maritime) Initialism of steam barge.
Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS

Coordinate term: (barge) MB
(nautical, maritime) Initialism of steamboat.
Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS

Coordinate term: (boat) MB
(relationships) Initialism of sugar baby
Coordinate term: SD

Derived terms

electronics, communication

Related terms

politics, law

season's best

Adjective

SB (not comparable)

Initialism of southbound.
Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Adverb

SB (not comparable)

Initialism of southbound.
Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Verb

SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)

(transitive, Internet slang) Initialism of soft-block.
Alternative form: sb

Coordinate term: HB (“hard-block”)
- 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter‎^[6]:
  i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh

Etymology 2

From Indonesian SB, initialism of Sumatera Barat.

Proper noun

SB

Abbreviation of West Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

Anagrams

B&S, B's, B. S., B.S., BS, BS., Bs, B−'s, B♭s, B♯s, b's, b******s, bs

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of S B – see 傻屄 (“stupid cunt; tard; dumbass; fucktard; dumbfuck, piece of shit, fucker; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 傻屄).