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fast times

fast times noun: a period of time characterized by quickly-paced activity, especially involving extravagant or risky conduct, sexual behavior, or other exciting events.

Noun

fast times pl (plural only)

  1. (US, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, set phrase) A period of time characterized by quickly-paced activity, especially involving extravagant or risky conduct, sexual behavior, or other exciting events.
    • McCourtney, however, recognizes the need for more urgency in these euphoric days of dot.com stock offerings. Underscoring the fast times, Venrock just lost one of its three Silicon Valley partners.2000 April 3, Robert Lenzner, “Personality Change”, in Forbes, retrieved 07 Apr 2015
    • The book was said to contain salacious details about the fast times of Danielle Staub, one of the principals on “Real Housewives.”2009 July 15, Virginia Heffernan, “Bibliovision”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of fast times

Popularized by its usage in the title of the novel Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981) and the film (1982) of the same name.

Questions about fast times

What does fast times mean?
Fast times means a period of time characterized by quickly-paced activity, especially involving extravagant or risky conduct, sexual behavior, or other exciting events.
What part of speech is fast times?
Fast times is a noun.

Words near fast times in the dictionary

  1. fast sheet
  2. fast sheets
  3. Fast Sunday
  4. fast tech
  5. fast telegram
  6. fast times
  7. fast track
  8. fast tracked
  9. fast tracking
  10. fast tracks
  11. fast travel

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