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      [Verb]  | "delay" 


      1: put off, postpone

      2: to stop, detain, or hinder for a time

      3: to cause to be slower or to occur more slowly than normal


      Origin: 14th century ;

       Middle English, from Anglo-French delaier, from de- + laier to leave, from lai-, present and future stem of lesser, laisser to leave, from Latin laxare to slacken, from laxus loose {mat|slack|};

      [Noun]  | "delayers" 


      [Verb]  | "delay" 


      1: to move or act slowly;


        * e.g., " ... she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed "





      2: to assign to a later time;


        * e.g., " ... our guests delayed their departure until after dinner "



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       [ "Delayering" ]

      1: This describes corporate managers being fired. It's the latest manifestation of rightsizing and downsizing.

        * e.g.,  ... did you hear about enron? everyone knows that they have been delayering... 


       [ "Delayering" ]

      2: it does not have to do with:


       [ "Delayering" ]

      3: -cake layers


       [ "Delayering" ]

      4: -delay of game


       [ "Delayering" ]

      5: -plastic surgery

       [ "pleasure delayer" ]

      1: who knows where it really came from, but "vanilla sky" gave it more widespread use. you hold out till the last possible moment to get it on, because it will be that much better.

        * e.g.,  ... I want him, and I know he wants me, but we're not going to freak and get nasty just yet because we're both pleasure delayers. 

       [ "Round delayers" ]

      1: Round delayers are people in Blood and Iron who don't want to fight the enemy instead, they ride their horses around large maps that allow cavalry. They're usually Cavalrymen. Their commonly found in Farmland, Somosierra ETC...

        * e.g.,  ... Player: "stop round delaying." 

       [ "delayer" ]

      1: The act of layering various guitar delay pedals.

        * e.g.,  ... The delayering that you did in that song was incredible! 

       [ "Delayment" ]

      1: Something which lies in the state of being delayed.

        * e.g.,  ... Because of the many unforseen Delayments , it will most likely be the first of next week, before your Car is ready. 

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