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in real time 

live, current, present, as-it-happens, as-of-now, this very moment

when added to a sentence or exchange of information, the stamp of "in real time"gives the context that the data just exchanged is the most recent, i.e., relevant. see irt (i.r.t.)
it's 7:52 a.m. in real time but by the time you read this it could be evening.

YOU: aren't you getting my texts?
ME: no sorry- my phone number is 555-2334 in real time. text me there.
YOU: why?
ME: bc i never paid my bill so i'm using a text-to-talk app.
in real time by idtst August 13, 2016
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switch weapons in real time 

Something you must do before hitting a weakpoint on a Giant Enemy Crab for massive damage.
In ancient Japan the samurai had to switch weapons in real time to slay the dreaded Giant Enemy Crabs.

Planning In Real Time

When you’re playing it by ear but want to sound like a professional in front of the customer.
The customer continued to alter the scope even while deploying the solution, we had to start planning in real time in order to deliver everything in a timely fashion.

Updates in real-time 

The characterological template? It does that too! I do it manually. And I'm not going to stop being brilliant any time soon barring some unforeseen catastrophe.
Hym "And, like the collective dialogue, it updates in real-time. But whereas the collective dialogue is like ONE water molecule freezing... This is like MANY water molecules freezing. An individual-collective dialogue! With more water molecules being added to the collection daily."
Updates in real-time by Hym Iam August 22, 2023
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026