BYOB

English

Noun

BYOB

  1. (also attributive) Initialism of Bring your own bottle (or booze, or beer or beverage).
    Synonym: BYO
    Coordinate terms: cash bar, full bar, fully licensed, open bar
    • 2005, Jax Peters Lowell, The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to Negotiating Life without Wheat, Holt Paperbacks (→ISBN)
      Whether you choose a modest family restaurant, the little café around the corner, the new BYOB everybody's talking about, or even the local pizza palace, […]
    • 2011, Charles Farley, Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Univ. Press of Mississippi (→ISBN), page 117:
      It is a BYOB affair tonight, but ice, paper cups, and mixers are for sale. As the room fills, the lines lengthen.
  2. (US, Utah) Initialism of Bring your own bible.

Usage notes

Used both as an adjective, to describe a restaurant which allows diners to bring their own alcohol (particularly if the restaurant itself is not licensed to sell alcohol), as a noun to refer to such a restaurant, and as an admonition in social invitations that guests should in fact bring beverages, as none will be provided by the host (similar to RSVP).

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