" minuteness "

 [ "in a minute" ]

1: When you haven't done something in a long time.

  * e.g.,  ... For example, I haven't seen her in a minute. 

 [ "minute" ]

1: A very long time.

  * e.g.,  ... yo I haven't seen you in a minute! 

 [ "Minute" ]

1: Might be 20 minutes, 5 minutes or a week or a year... but rarely really just one minute...

  * e.g.,  ... I haven't felt so alive in a minute... but i do now.. 

 [ "a minute" ]

1: a long or medium period of time

  * e.g.,  ... yo i aint seen you in a minute 

 [ "in a minute" ]

1: ghetto way of saying in a long time

  * e.g.,  ... Tyrone: What's good Darius? 

 [ "for a minute" ]

1: A time span implying a very long time

  * e.g.,  ... Damn, Marquis...You ain't hit dat dipper for a minute...Pass dat shit over dis way! 

 [ "minute" ]

1: used when talking about a period of time much longer than an actual minute. sometimes also called "an ill minute" or "a hot minute".

  * e.g.,  ... "Yo i haven't seen you in a minute" 

 [ "in a minute" ]

1: I period of time that is most likely longer then a minute.

  * e.g.,  ... I'll holler at you in a minute. 

 [ "in a minute" ]

2: Rather it be the past, or future, you can use the term.

  * e.g.,  ... I ain't seen him in a minute. 

 [ "a minute" ]

1: According to comedian Al Jackson approximately 5 years.

  * e.g.,  ... I ain't see joe in like a minute Tupac's been dead for like 3 minutes. 

 [ "minute" ]

1: A long time.

  * e.g.,  ... I haven't done that shit in a minute nigga.