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Palauan time

Palauan time noun: a notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Palauans, 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

Palauan time (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Palauans, 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 Palauan time

What does Palauan time mean?
Palauan time means a notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Palauans, 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 Palauan time?
Palauan time is a noun.

Words near Palauan time in the dictionary

  1. palatschinken
  2. Palatua
  3. Palatucci
  4. palau
  5. Palauan
  6. Palauan time
  7. Palauans
  8. Palauig
  9. Palaung
  10. Palaungic
  11. palaus

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