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Definition of time sinks
time sink
noun
- a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time.
You need to manage your career better. You've been on that project - what - five years? And it's a total time sink.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to waste time.
Last edited on Dec 12 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: "penetration tester". | |
| Definitions include: "technology". | |
| Definitions include: "I love you". | |
| Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people's", used in electronic communication. | |
| Definitions include: before. | |
| Definitions include: of input used to test a program or an algorithm, specifically designed to make the test subject perform as poorly as possible. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can recall" or "as far as I can remember". | |
| Definitions include: An annoying fool; idiot. (Used extensively on IRC). | |
| Definitions include: By analogy from the same-named measurement in analog electronics. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical condition that something depends on. | |
| Definitions include: the Everquest videogame. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "Okay," via a doubled "k". | |
| Definitions include: "Oh my God." | |
| Definitions include: woman. | |
Other terms relating to 'to waste time': | |
| Definitions include: to waste one's time. | |
| Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time; "dawdle". | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around". | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around". | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time, mess around. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time. | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
| Definitions include: something that's easy. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: a waste of time and/or money. | |
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Other terms relating to 'sink': | |
| Definitions include: While imbibing an alcoholic shot, the act of clinking your glass with a partner, sinking the glass to the table, then raising and drinking the shot. | |
| Definitions include: everything. | |
| Definitions include: completely. | |
| Definitions include: a biscuit. | |
Other terms relating to 'time': | |
| Definitions include: time to eat. | |
| Definitions include: in a grand way. | |
| Definitions include: an effect in visual media such as movies and video games in which playback is slowed or paused while the camera moves around a moving object such as a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: time spend in front of the TV sitting on one's butt and relaxing. | |
| Definitions include: a period of time during which optimum performance is critical for the successful outcome of a project, process, task, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to serve a sentence in jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: to do something quickly. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Estimated Time of Arrival." | |
| Definitions include: the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people. | |
| Definitions include: physically near a time zone boundary, the later of the two times. | |
| Definitions include: to be over half an hour late to all gatherings. | |
| Definitions include: a decision that will be made close to the time of acting upon that decision. | |
| Definitions include: to pay attention to a person. | |
| Definitions include: excellent. | |
| Definitions include: Everything's good. | |
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