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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread timely words #38957 02/27/02 07:01 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass consider the word 'jiffy', as in "I'll be with you in a ~" there are several accepted meanings of this word, in various disciplines... a) 1/100 of a second b) one millisecond c) approximately(!) one nanosecond d) indeterminate time from a few seconds to forever http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?jiffy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted . Max Quordlepleen 08/20/01 02:53 AM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Bean 08/20/01 02:38 PM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Bean 08/20/01 02:48 PM Re: TIME for a new thread, people Jackie 08/20/01 08:22 PM Re: the physics of time tsuwm 08/27/01 07:15 PM Re: the physics of time Faldage 08/27/01 07:19 PM Re: A note on the death digression WhitmanO'Neill 08/27/01 09:05 PM Re: A note on the death digression consuelo 08/27/01 10:08 PM Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality tsuwm 08/31/01 02:47 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/31/01 03:09 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality belligerentyouth 08/31/01 09:19 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality WhitmanO'Neill 09/01/01 01:41 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Jackie 09/01/01 02:39 AM Time musick 09/05/01 04:41 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality of troy 09/05/01 05:49 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality doc_comfort 09/07/01 05:18 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Faldage 09/07/01 12:51 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Flatlander 09/07/01 04:09 PM Re: Time - is waiting in the wings Capital Kiwi 02/27/02 05:31 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality tsuwm 02/27/02 06:54 PM timely words tsuwm 02/27/02 07:01 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/02 07:50 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality snoot 02/27/02 09:39 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum jmh 02/27/02 10:31 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/02 10:37 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum Bean 02/28/02 01:15 PM Re: Theorem v Theorum jmh 03/01/02 02:20 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality WhitmanO'Neill 02/27/02 11:21 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Jackie 02/28/02 02:02 AM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality TEd Remington 02/28/02 05:58 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality Keiva 02/28/02 06:18 PM Re: Rags' 3rd Theorem of Unreality milum 02/28/02 10:00 PM Re:time is a measurement of distance ladymoon 02/27/02 11:17 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,381 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 346 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,568 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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