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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Momentarily #1113 04/04/2000 4:20 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 8 gin stranger gin stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 8 Does anyone besides me hate to hear "momentarily" used in the sense of 'in a moment', instead of its original meaning: 'for a moment'. Especially on the radio, you hear such statements as, "We will have the weather forecast for you momentarily"....which of course REALLY means that it will be there for you only for a split second. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Momentarily #1114 04/04/2000 9:15 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Yes. Is it a recent thing, I don't think it's crossed the pond yet but I've noticed it being used increasingly in US television. I have similar feelings about the word "Enjoy" with nothing on the end. I want to say "Enjoy what?". Is it replacing "Have a nice day"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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