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Friedman unit

Friedman unit noun: a period of six months.

Noun

Friedman unit (plural Friedman units)

  1. (humorous, informal, neologism) A period of six months

Forms of Friedman unit

pluralFriedman units

Origin of Friedman unit

From Thomas Friedman's repeated use of the phrase "the next six months" as the time period when the outcome of the Iraq war will be resolved.

Questions about Friedman unit

What does Friedman unit mean?
Friedman unit means a period of six months.
What part of speech is Friedman unit?
Friedman unit is a noun.
What is the plural of Friedman unit?
The plural of Friedman unit is Friedman units.

Words near Friedman unit in the dictionary

  1. Friedländer syntheses
  2. Friedländer synthesis
  3. Friedman
  4. Friedman test
  5. Friedman tests
  6. Friedman unit
  7. Friedman units
  8. Friedmanian
  9. Friedmanite
  10. Friedmanites
  11. Friedmann

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