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(2) - { half hour } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "half hour"
1: thirty minutes
2: the middle point of an hour
Origin: 15th century ;
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(1) - { on the half hour } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "on the half hour"
1: at half past the hour : at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, etc.
(1) - { half an hour } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "half an hour"
1: 30 minutes
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# 1 - { half-hour power:12192892 }
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[ "half-hour power" ]
1: A college drinking game in which the participant(s) must take 30 shots of beer in 30 minutes at the rate of one shot per minute, often used as a pregaming tactic before the real partying begins.
More daring players may attempt an hour power, which follows the same rules over the course of an hour.
* e.g., ... "Yo, you going to the frat party tonight?"
# 2 - { A Gentleman's Half Hour:14489026 }
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[ "A Gentleman's Half Hour" ]
1: A time when one feels it most polite to retire to a quiet space for a half hour slumber.
A short rejuvenating snooze.
* e.g., ... Corporal: "Sir, the Germans are advancing on our front lines as we speak"
Captain: "How long do we have, old boy?"
Corporal: "Just under an hour, sir"
Captain: "Not to worry, my good man, Ill still have time for A Gentleman's Half Hour in that case, before the battle"
# 3 - { Dad Half Hour:5083452 }
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[ "Dad Half Hour" ]
1: A length of time described by a father as half an hour when in reality it is a period of 10 to 15 minutes.
* e.g., ... Dad on phone with son: I'll pick you up in half an hour
# 4 - { Half hour news hour:2987361 }
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[ "Half hour news hour" ]
1: A conservative comedy show on the "neutral" FOX news network.
* e.g., ... Person A: Did you see that recent episode of the half hour news hour?
[ "Half hour news hour" ]
2: A good example of epic fail.
* e.g., ... Person B: Yea those idiots have the humor level of a 3rd grader.
# 5 - { Half hour shower of power.:6618461 }
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[ "Half hour shower of power." ]
1: When you have a 30 minute shower, most likely it's not needed and you coulda made due with a 10 minuter.
* e.g., ... person 1 - what the hell were you doing in there?
# 6 - { half-hour clock technique:5690448 }
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[ "half-hour clock technique" ]
1: noun: a clock-watching form of procrastination, in which the procrastinator schedules the "start time" of a dreaded task based on the next "half-hour" mark of the clock. For example, if the clock reads "1:35", a procrastinator employing the half-hour clock technique will start the task when the clock strikes "2:00", usually filling in this time gap with activities such as web surfing and masturbation. The technique is popular amongst perfectionists, numerologists, the obsessive compulsive and unemployed spectrum of procrastinators.
* e.g., ... Hey, it's 4:4 Did you finish writing that cover letter?
Actually I did not. I was waiting till 5:00 to start. I'm using the half-hour clock technique.
# 7 - { Half-Hour Sit Down Shower:4374844 }
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[ "Half-Hour Sit Down Shower" ]
1: The Ultimate Hangover cure.
* e.g., ... Nicki was so bombed last night she said the only cure this morning was a half-hour sitdown shower.
That hangover was so bad it required not one, but two half-hour sit down showers!
[ "Half-Hour Sit Down Shower" ]
2: The morning after partying a little too hard, you go into the shower intending on waking yourself up, but find yourself too tired and sit down.
[ "Half-Hour Sit Down Shower" ]
3: Can go from fifteen minutes to upwards of an hour (depending on how big your hot water tank is)
# 8 - { The long neverending demented cartoon movie that lasts almost like, half a fucking HOUR, damn you! I hate myself, go to hell. 400000004!:678098 }
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[ "The long neverending demented cartoon movie that lasts almost like, half a fucking HOUR, damn you! I hate myself, go to hell. 400000004!" ]
1: I don't know, I'm just really, really drunk.
* e.g., ... You looked this up?
# 9 - { Happy half hour:16174992 }
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[ "Happy half hour" ]
1: The time the bartenders give black people.
* e.g., ... Bartender to black patrons- Since I am in a generous mood, I've decided to give you all one extra happy half hour, I will not cut you off early today.
# 10 - { Asian Half Hour:5700380 }
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[ "Asian Half Hour" ]
1: A unit of time used to measure the duration of a break when the true figure is unknown.
* e.g., ... Person 1 - I'm going to go grab some of mama's home cooked lamb!
Person 2 - You know when your back?
Person 1 - Asian half hour...
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