Tainer Minute

tain-er min-ute tey-ner min-it -noun

1. A measure of time referring to any person who is detained in a prison system for an indefinate amount of time.

2. When someone says they'll be right back and come back hours later.

-Person 1 "Man Adam's been gone for a good tainer minute."

-Person 2 "Yeah I know man, he must have left at least 2 hours ago."

by A.M.F.T. April 17, 2009

Cornish Minute

A measurement of time applicable in Cornwall and Devon. A Cornish Minute is equivalent to an English hour.

Cornish Person: I'll be there in a minute
English Person: See you in an hour because I know that's a Cornish Minute

by Sammy Valentine July 11, 2010

Morning Minute

Minutes that actually last 30 secs. Especially when you are running late in the morning.

(Look at clock. 8:00am.) "Good I still have 10 minutes." (5 minutes later) "Oh shit! It's 8:10! I hate morning minute!"

by quizwhiz April 6, 2010

The Minute Hour

The Minute Hour will change you without your permission. The Minute Hour changes everything.

The Minute Hour changed my life.

by Alex Pain October 25, 2020

sawyer minute

origin of the mc donalds in timmins, its based off of how long it will take a new employee to accomplish a new found task. it is not a set amount of time but used as a generic amount to answer anothers question.

mel: sawyer is the nuggets down?
sawyer: not yet
matt: dont worry mel, it'll be down in a sawyer minute

by spektor911 August 23, 2011

a long minute

Doing something for a long time without specifying the actual number of years.

As you can see from the grey in my beard, I've been teaching a long minute.

by DPotort January 16, 2019

LA Minute

Like a New York minute but longer (due to traffic, the wide sprawl of LA, and because everyone in LA is laid back)

Sophie: I'll be there in a LA minute (5 minutes to an hour)

by Lilcap May 30, 2016