ohnosecond

<unit, humour>

(Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory.

Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."

Last updated: 1998-08-27

Nearby terms:

Ogg Vorbis ♦ OHCI ♦ Ohm ♦ Ohm, Georg Simon ♦ ohnosecond ♦ OIC ♦ OID ♦ OIL ♦ OLAP

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