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Old 11-01-2009, 09:06 AM   #773
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Any suggestions? Would "very very soon" be too obvious?
Real Soon Now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_soon_now

also here:
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictiona.../Real+Soon+Now
and here
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Originally Posted by http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RealSoonNow
Several years ago, in (I think) comp.lang.lisp, Lisp luminary Scott Fahlman posted this, which contains my favorite definition of the term:

In case you're not a computer person, I should probably point out that "Real Soon Now" is a technical term meaning "sometime before the HeatDeathOfTheUniverse?, maybe".

-- GlennVanderburg
http://www.answers.com/topic/real-soon-now
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