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Friday 10 December 2010

Merely towards the inside of an indefinite period of time.

Just in Time

I like this phrase, although I often wonder what it really means. We take it to mean that you arrived or completed something within a few minutes of it being accepted. But think about the words. I mean realllllly think about them. Below I have listed the definitions of each word:

Just

  • merely: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
  • precisely: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
  • only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out"
  • used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
  • absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
  • equitable: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
  • barely: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
  • fair: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
  • exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them";
 In

  • inch: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
  • in(p): holding office; "the in party"
  • indium: a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
  • in(a): directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"
  • to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"
  • Indiana: a state in midwestern United States
  • currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"
Time

1. (noun) time, clip
an instance or single occasion for some event
2. (noun) time
a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
3. (noun) time
an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
4. (noun) time
a suitable moment
5. (noun) time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
6. (noun) time
a person's experience on a particular occasion
7. (noun) clock time, time
a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
8. (noun) fourth dimension, time
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
9. (noun) meter, metre, time
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
10. (verb) prison term, sentence, time
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

Soooo. Lets experiment with the different variations, be creative with our language and see what we can come up with.

Indicating precision or exactness, directed or bound inwards towards the 4th coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event. - Just in Time

Hmmm. Interesting.

Another thing I find interesting is the term 'aw naw!'

Both aw and naw are colloquialisms and replace oh and no, but its not like I walk about saying naw instead of no. I always use no, unless I'm texting and transferring it via a put on Scottish dialect to text. Yet I always say, 'aw naw' instead of 'oh no' as the phrase itself has come to belong in my vocabulary in its own right.

2 comments:

  1. I lied that time when I said you dont need to continue to interact with me.....

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