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en temps et lieux utiles

an English translation of a French phrase meaning

"when the time, place, context and/or circumstances are appropriate for one to learn something"
son: Dad, I'd like to learn how to drive a car, my older brother Jerry who is 16, is learning how to drive. Why can't I?

father: Oh. you'll learn en temps et lieux utiles, all right but, as of today, at the tender age of 13, you are definitely not old enough.
by Sexydimma January 18, 2013
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ya et yet?

This is an example of South Eastern U.S, country slang in it's most unrefined, yet commonplace, of forms. Mostly derived from/by repetition from those with little education due to poverty or simply the need for family/adolescence to work on farms or in cotton fields during harvest. Most rural area schools would close during harvest due to the need for most students to be absent.

Definition: (Have) you eaten yet? or (Have) you had supperdinner yet? Pronounced as one word with 2 syllables, Ya'e't-yet? Hungry?
I'm hown-gre, ya'e't-yet ya et yet? Trans: I'm hungry, have you eaten yet?
G'maGrandmother made biscuits from scratch for bre'fas breakfast, ya'et-yet ya et yet?
by ApathyKills November 18, 2018
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Follicular Menage et Trois

Three people styling and working on your hair at once.
"I love getting my hair done, nothing better than a hair wash and styling"

"You don't know true grace in feeling special at a hair stylist until you've had a follicular menage et trois"
by Glanced @ the Pants Lance June 28, 2025
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Etting

The action of randomly getting levels in different classes through the campaign.
I will Ett my character in our next campaign.
In this campaign, Etting is allowed at your own risk.
by Piazzi July 24, 2022
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ET

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
Release date: June 11, 1982 (USA)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dee Wallace; Henry Thomas; Peter Coyote; Robert MacNaughton; Drew Barrymore
Music by: John Williams
Box office: $792.9 million
Written by: Melissa Mathison
by Α January 23, 2022
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Black Jack-et

This is a gangsta who is usually black. The "black" is not meant to be racist. This refers to that certain black gangsta w/ a black hoodie, etc.
Yo, dat black jack-et over there has a ton of swag!
by sospedecial June 5, 2016
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Omnia Et Nihil

Someone who is extremely awesome and cool and radiates absolute masculinity
gurt: Hey that guy is a real Omnia Et Nihil.
dark brandon: Yogurt
gurt: yo wassup
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