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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>copious free time</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cookie-monster.html" title="cookie monster"/><link rel="next" href="copper.html" title="copper"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">copious free time</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cookie-monster.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="copper.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="copious-free-time"/><dt xmlns="" id="copious-free-time"><b>copious free time</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Apple; orig. fr. the intro to Tom Lehrer's song <i class="citetitle">It Makes
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A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier</i>]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. [used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity
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in question] A mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be
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unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is
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interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the opportunity
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will not arise. “<span class="quote">I'll implement the automatic layout stuff in my
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copious free time.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [Archly] Time reserved for bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such
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as implementation of <a href="chrome.html"><i class="glossterm">chrome</i></a>, or the stroking of
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<a href="../S/suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>s. “<span class="quote">I'll get back to him on that feature
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in my copious free time.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cookie-monster.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="copper.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cookie monster </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> copper</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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