What Does This Mean?
"Away from keyboard" — announcing a temporary absence, especially common in gaming contexts where a silent, unexplained disappearance mid-match is disruptive to teammates.
EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"afk for a sec, need to grab water."
LORE & ORIGIN
Grew out of the same IRC and early online-gaming etiquette culture as BRB, becoming the specifically game-context-flavored version of the same courtesy.
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