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ohnosecond

The momentary panic that occurs when something irreversible goes wrong. Can also be used to describe something that turns out to be reversible although you were worried at the time it wasn't.
1.Dave sent his girlfriend pictures of himself with another woman, by accident, regretting it an ohnosecond later.
2. I experienced an ohnosecond when i realised my head was stuck between the railings.
ohnosecond by brianriot July 14, 2006
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ohnosecond

a wsed to describe that miniscule, fraction-of-a-second that occurs in between hitting "send" and "okay".
I should have stopped at the ohnosecond before sending that hate letter to my boss.

onosecond 

The horrible moment when you realise that you have accidentally done something very slightly wrong which has very bad (usually embarassing) implications for you. This is typically the moment of realisation that you just sent a dirty text message to a close member of family, typically your mother, rather than the intended recipient.
Message: "i'm free this afternoon so come over and fuck me senseless, my parents will be out all day"
Recipient: Mum
Message Sent
- Onosecond occurs here -
onosecond by Jimmed September 26, 2006

Onosecond 

An Onosecond is defined as the second after you realise you have done something that is embarrassing or bad.
Examples where an Onosecond can kick in:

Text message contents: A sexy message or a picture of your private parts.
Recipient: a family member.

Seeing a typo in an important essay just after you have sent it.

Accidentally revealing a surprise to someone because you were distracted.
Onosecond by jackqueslack23 July 29, 2020

onosecond 

The “onosecond” is the second after you make a terrible mistake. The second when you realize what you just did and that there’s nothing you can do about it, the second when all the now-inevitable consequences flash through your mind. It is the second after you send a sexual text message to the wrong person, after you delete the wrong file, after you spill the secret that you thought they already knew. The “onosecond” is that stomach-dropping, breath-stopping moment when all you can do is say “oh, no”.
Engineer: accidentally deletes an entire content database

Engineer: *has an onosecond*
onosecond by Goootz March 18, 2023

OHNO-Second 

That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.
"It took an OHNO-Second to realize he had deleted the company's files."
OHNO-Second by Zak May 3, 2003