The duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 132.91 atom.
I'll be two seconds...
by Hundekuchen October 19, 2004
<Killer> Hey there.
<Spiller> Hi, I'll be back in a second.
<Killer> Okay.
*** 20 minutes later ***
<Killer> ...
<Spiller> I'm back.
<Killer> Where were you?
<Spiller> Hang on, back in a second.
*** Killer is offline ***
<Spiller> Hi, I'll be back in a second.
<Killer> Okay.
*** 20 minutes later ***
<Killer> ...
<Spiller> I'm back.
<Killer> Where were you?
<Spiller> Hang on, back in a second.
*** Killer is offline ***
by Bastardized Bottomburp November 02, 2003
by Rinney June 21, 2005
An indefinite period of time, usually assumed by the listener to be at least 2-3 minutes in length. Speakers use it to affirm that the time will be short without any actual meaning or elaboration, despite the fact that the period will likely be more than 120 times longer than stated (see above).
Person #1: Are you done yet?
Person #2: Yeah, it'll just take a second.
-5 minutes later-
Person #1: *visibly impatient* Okay, are you done now?
Person #2: I said, it'll be a second! Geez, some people.
Person #2: Yeah, it'll just take a second.
-5 minutes later-
Person #1: *visibly impatient* Okay, are you done now?
Person #2: I said, it'll be a second! Geez, some people.
by Green Skies June 27, 2012
by DeVonTheDucer July 28, 2003
by reb October 17, 2003