Historical clue formulations

• Texter's "Hang on a sec" — 2026-06-26
• Texter's "just a sec" — 2026-05-06
• "Gimme a sec" — 2025-11-22
• "Hang on a sec" — 2025-10-15
• Texter's "Hang on a sec" — 2024-09-17
• "I'll return shortly," in shorthand — 2024-06-30
• "Just a sec," in texts — 2023-07-22
• Texter's "Hold that thought" — 2023-04-05
• "I'll return soon," in a text — 2022-11-07
• "Hang on a sec" — 2022-10-08
• Texter's "hold on a sec" — 2022-06-23
• Texter's "Hold that thought" — 2022-05-09
• "Hang on a sec," in texts — 2022-03-01
• "Just a sec!," in a text — 2020-02-19
• "I'll return shortly," in a text — 2018-05-13
• "Putting the phone down for a sec," in textspeak — 2015-06-13
• "Just a minute," in texts — 2015-05-10