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Kenyan time

Kenyan time noun: a notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Kenyans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

Noun

Kenyan time (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Kenyans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

Questions about Kenyan time

What does Kenyan time mean?
Kenyan time means a notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Kenyans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.
What part of speech is Kenyan time?
Kenyan time is a noun.

Words near Kenyan time in the dictionary

  1. kenyaite
  2. kenyaites
  3. Kenyan
  4. Kenyan English
  5. Kenyan Sign Language
  6. Kenyan time
  7. Kenyanism
  8. Kenyanisms
  9. Kenyanization
  10. Kenyanize
  11. Kenyanized

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