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Long time no see

"Long time no see" means: I have not seen you for a long time.

It is a grammatically comical greeting with English words organized by Chinese grammar. In Chinese there is an everyday greeting "Hao jiu mei jian" which corresponds with "long time no see", literally word by word. It is said that "Long time no see" was first used by Chinese-Americans.
Long time no see! Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro makes a rare photographed appearance.
by zhw7 September 3, 2009
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Time Footprint

The total amount of other people's time wasted as a result of the actions (or inactions) of a person, organization, event or product. A person's Time Footprint is the sum total of all the time other people have lost because of their actions (or inactions).

The goal is to minimize your Time Footprint so that you do not have a Time Footprint that exceed a man-life.
If you save other people from wasting their time, you receive negative time footprint hours.

The unit of measure are in increments of lives, years, months, or minutes.
Snow boarders add to their time footprint every time they make their skier friends wait 2-3 minutes while they strap into their bindings.

Your girl friend’s time footprint is generally much higher than yours.

DMV clerks generally have a very high time footprint as they watch the line grow while they go on break. 20 people x 15 min = 5 man-hours added to their time footprint account.
by reddlynx99 December 31, 2010
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half time flush

The act of flushing the toilet halfway through your business, usually done as an act of caution to avoid clogging when using gratuitous amounts of toilet paper.
"Dude, i just took a shit in your toilet and it overflowed..."

"Aw mate, take a half time flush next time if it's messy."
by K Scott December 23, 2011
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McDonald's Time Machine

A certain period of time where a skinny and healthy person ignores all their sense of hygiene and become extremely obese and develop certain health problems.

Can also be a healthy person who actually goes into a McDonald's and eats there because when they walk out they have increased their risks of being unhealthy significantly.
Kaitlyn and Elliott used to be extremely athletic and healthy until they traveled through the McDonald's Time Machine and gained a combined 250 pounds and both developed heart disease and diabetes.
by akararules July 6, 2010
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Saxy time

Since I have a concert coming up, I need to have saxy time now.
by 1337sp33k3r December 10, 2011
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Next time you won’t be so lucky!

A thing to say in a high pitched voice when leaving. It’s used usually to make people laugh but doesn’t always work.
Next time you won’t be so lucky!” -Chuuya Nakahara, Bungo Stray Dogs
by Forggirl December 15, 2019
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