| slovo | definícia |
real soon now
(czen) | Real Soon Now,RSN[zkr.] |
real soon now
(foldoc) | Real Soon Now
RSN
(RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe
an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term
originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry
Pournelle's column in BYTE.
The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long
it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea.
"I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
[Jargon File]
(2013-08-22)
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real soon now
(jargon) | Real Soon Now
adv.
[orig. from SF's fanzine community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's column
in BYTE]
1. Supposed to be available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real soon now
according to somebody, but the speaker is quite skeptical.
2. When one's gods, fates, or other time commitments permit one to get to
it (in other words, don't hold your breath). Often abbreviated RSN. Compare
copious free time.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
real soon now
(czen) | Real Soon Now,RSN[zkr.] |
real soon now
(foldoc) | Real Soon Now
RSN
(RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe
an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term
originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry
Pournelle's column in BYTE.
The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long
it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea.
"I'll have it working Real Soon Now."
[Jargon File]
(2013-08-22)
|
real soon now
(jargon) | Real Soon Now
adv.
[orig. from SF's fanzine community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's column
in BYTE]
1. Supposed to be available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real soon now
according to somebody, but the speaker is quite skeptical.
2. When one's gods, fates, or other time commitments permit one to get to
it (in other words, don't hold your breath). Often abbreviated RSN. Compare
copious free time.
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