DBEYR

English

Phrase

DBEYR

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of don't believe everything you read.
   • 2000, Netrunner, in alt.fan.blade-runner [1]

     Then there is the WP. And of course rumours and hearsay about various other versions that may or may not have actually been shown in cinemas, (but DBEYR).

   • 2001, Abe Watson, rec.outdoors.fishing.bass‎^[2] (Usenet):

     O BTW!! Greg MacLean made a believer out of most of the so called pros by winning the B.A.S.S. Eastern Division Invitational in Jan. 11-13 on Lake Okeechobee,FL. using crankbaits on 8# test line. 44 lbs 4 oz. One was a 9lb 4oz beauty!! DBEYR!

   • 2002, Jay Random, in rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien [3]

     DBEYR. There is zero evidence of how people actually learnt to make cloth, as it was invented long before the invention of written records -- so long ago that not even oral traditions on that subject have survived.

See also

• if you believe everything you read, better not to read
• take with a grain of salt
• caveat lector

Anagrams

• Bryde, Derby, derby