Skip to main content
" " is the HTML encoding for a non-breaking space, which is a space that doesn't get removed by the browser on rendering.

If you see this on a page (and not source code) it could mean the server got " " from the database and encoded it before it sent it to the browser so it showed up in the page.

In the example below, bobby copied and pasted his story, but a bug caused the indentation to turn into multiple  
Conversation log:

Bobby: Here's a shitty story I wrote
Bobby:     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam imperdiet ante sit amet turpis vulputate rhoncus. Donec viverra felis sem, et feugiat augue tincidunt id. Maecenas a risus id turpis fermentum eleifend a et lorem. Duis vitae pulvinar ligula. Donec vel nisi sed sem feugiat porttitor id sit amet nisi.
Hank: Bobby, what the fuck does " " mean?
nbsp by AmericanNaziParty October 4, 2013
Related Words
Whenever I text my sister with a bunch of smilies and she responds with "Hi,nbsp" because she is busy. I ignore her nbsp request and send her the same message two hundred more times!
nbsp by A-Shweez July 19, 2007
never been so pissed

(pissed = drunk;intoxicated)
Sally was partying on holidays so hard she let us know that it was great and nbsp
nbsp by christian dedfoe July 23, 2006
I'm telling you man, i have nothing but nbsp (:
nbsp by mariet_reefa May 1, 2007
an acronym for "no blowing sick people".
nasty you blew grant" "yaa why?" "daaaaamn NBSP
NBSP by WInThropSligG69 November 5, 2010
nbsp pleaseee kthanks
nbsp by grantplussophie November 5, 2010