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In a novel or a film, when the action or hero is suddenly transported to another period in history, their past or their future; when two or more stories are told concurrently, but each one is set in a different period of time.
Timeslip occurs in novels such as 'The Historian' and 'The Swan Thieves' by Maria Kostova; 'Holes' by Louis Sacher; 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle; but not 'The Time Traveller's Wife' or "The Time Machine" which are novels about time travel.
Timeslip by Judithea June 18, 2011
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Timesponge 

Someone in the workplace who is either too lazy or too stupid to think for themselves, so they perpetually ask everyone else to help them with their problems - thereby soaking up other people's time .
Bob keeps asking me how to update the sales spreadsheet. Seriously, that guy is a real timesponge!
Timesponge by Rhaphanidosis August 15, 2015

timeshort 

Slang for someone who has sexual intercourse with many women.
Did you see that dude last night? He sure is a timeshort.
timeshort by The Real Timeshort March 17, 2023
A sexy, manly, cocky man with shining smile. Every move he making attracts to anyone around, not only girls but also kids and ...other men. Fabulous writer - photographer - driver - lover, etc., too. Don Juan? Yes, he is. Philosophist? Yes, he can. He can be everyone, and everyone wants to be him. Loose yourself, and you'll find this world never have such many colors before you meet him.

I admire his knowlegde of this world, and his love to a single leaf on the tree or to all of mankind.

The only thing I'm afraid of him: he doesn't like to be definited like this, because he's what he's.
he's what he's, Tiesuc
Tiesuc by Angel_me_Devil September 26, 2010

time ninja 

A Time Ninja is a person whos asks questions about a service and has no intentions of spending a dime with you on any of the services you just spent 30 min explaining.
Hello buddy how much is my air filter coolant flush and trans fluid exchange! Well sir it runs 300 dollars! Thank you buddy this is a great price! ok sir we can take care of this right away. Ok buddy go ahead and check them and ill come back another day! thank you for wasting my time ninja
time ninja by seawizz October 9, 2013

Time Machine

A virtual machine that is used to calculate time that advances Science exponentially.
They used a time machine to figure out the location of the nebula
Time Machine by TimeDoc November 21, 2014

Time-sucker 

Endless hours of useless and boring corporate meetings, called just for the sake of having meetings so the organizers can report to upper management that they called meetings. Rarely are refreshments provided, and the material could best and more efficiently be disseminated through email to employees.
Great - another Monday morning time-sucker.
Time-sucker by KImCobain March 5, 2015