48 hours

Technical jargon for "at some point in the future." The term '48-hours' doesn't actually mean two days and nights but represents a mythical time period, usually anywhere between a week and three years. The term is usually uttered by hopeful laywers, administrators and anyone wishing to delay media interest for as long as possible.

Portsmouth Football Club will have a new owner in 48 hours.

by Pompey Jeff February 3, 2012

hours of fun

An entirely sarcastic term used to imply that a problem is going to be time- and soul-consuming. It's a twist on an old advertising phrase for games and toys, applied with the opposite intended meaning.

This style puts much error recovery and clean-up code very far from the thing that spawned the error. Hours Of Fun!

by Smakenzi January 26, 2018

The 11th Hour

The last possible moment before fate is decided.

In countries that watch a lot of soccer, it's more common to say 90th minute.

At the 11th hour, the judge pardoned the death-row inmate.

by EAS January 13, 2013

Paranormal Hour

The hour between midnight and 1:00 AM when the highest occurrence of paranormal activity takes place.

In the film “Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour,” the spirits come back to haunt us between midnight and 1:00 AM

by Spirit world October 11, 2007

Donging Hour

Approximately 3 am when two people who met at the bar should be hooking up and not engaging in idle chatter, otherwise its time to go to bed. Especially applicable on a trip, where multiple dudes are sharing a hotel room and your buddy needs to get down or the barfly needs to go home.

The donging hour has arrived, Jeff needs to close the deal or that bar skank needs to go home.

by Tomasina May 13, 2008

Happy hour

Situation when you wake up 1 hour before alarm, and realise that you can sleep that period.

Oh it's 6AM, i have 1 more hour... happy hour.... zzzzzzz!

by MCiGGzy August 1, 2010

dead hour

The Hour between 3 am and 4 am. Called this because this is the time that the most people die in their sleep in hospitals. Significant because this is also the time that people are generally sleeping deepest, so things are quietest.

The robbers chose to wait till the dead hour to break into the store, because there would be no-one to see them, and no-one would wake up.

by Fraser64 July 25, 2007