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onosecond

onosecond is the alternative form of ohnosecond.

Meaning of ohnosecond

Noun

ohnosecond (plural ohnoseconds)

  1. (humorous) The fraction of time between making a mistake and realizing it.
    • In the ohnosecond (one minuscule fraction of a nanosecond, the time it takes to realize you just made a BIG mistake) that followed, I realized my log of the conversation was lost.1994, Elizabeth Powell Crowe, The Electronic Traveller: Exploring Alternative Online Systems, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN

Forms of onosecond

pluralonoseconds

Questions about onosecond

What is onosecond the alternative form of?
Onosecond is the alternative form of ohnosecond.

Words near onosecond in the dictionary

  1. Onorato
  2. onoratoite
  3. Onoratos
  4. Onore
  5. onos
  6. onosecond
  7. onoseconds
  8. onosma
  9. Onota
  10. onotherapy
  11. Onoway

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