A skintominute is a unit of time that refers to more than 5 but less than 60 minutes. If person X says they'll be somewhere in 5 minutes, and they're notoriously unreliable, when person Y relays that to someone else they may say that that person X will arrive in 5 skintominutes - meaning they have communicated both what person X said whilst also implying this is a complete underestimation.
Oscar: "Alex said he'll be here in 10 minutes."
James: "10 Skintominutes?"
Oscar: "Yeah, so about 40 minutes
James: "10 Skintominutes?"
Oscar: "Yeah, so about 40 minutes
by de Broglie January 14, 2020
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Eg 1
James: Do you think Jeremy will want to come to the cinema?
Jacob: Yeah he will but he'll pull the whole skintminted routine.
James: That's true, he'll want to wait for orange wednesdays.
Eg 2
Jeremy: Dude, I'm gonna have to ask for some diesel money, really struggling for cash at the minute.
Isaac: *cough* skintminted *cough*
Jeremy: What did you say?!
Isaac: Nothing just clearing my throat.
James: Do you think Jeremy will want to come to the cinema?
Jacob: Yeah he will but he'll pull the whole skintminted routine.
James: That's true, he'll want to wait for orange wednesdays.
Eg 2
Jeremy: Dude, I'm gonna have to ask for some diesel money, really struggling for cash at the minute.
Isaac: *cough* skintminted *cough*
Jeremy: What did you say?!
Isaac: Nothing just clearing my throat.
by jMiR March 2, 2010
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