A set of words letting you know if you have to pay lots of money in the nearfuture.
Doug: What's system requirements on that thing?
Bob: I think I'm going to have to buy a new computer, for this.... what's your name again?
Doug: Doug.
Bob: *KABOOM*
Doug: I hate it when that happens.
When colleges require students, who may be spending tens of thousands of dollars per year on tuition, to take courses outside their majors in order that they become "well-rounded". Wonderful if your last name is Rockefeller. Hard to justify if your poor mother is scrubbing floors to put you through college.
Breadth requirements are things such as Physics majors being required to take classes in Medieval Literature, or Art majors being required to take Calculus.
Means your flight isnt going to be leaving in the near future. Chances are the airline crew for your flight arent even in the same city, and wont be untill well after your flight was supposed to land. Usually announced after a "late inbound aircraft" delay and before "engineering requirements" cancellation.