RSN ⇝

Real Soon Now

<jargon, humour>

(RSN) A phrase used ironically when you believe an event will take a long or unknown time to occur. The term originated in SF's fanzine community, popularised by Jerry Pournelle's column in BYTE.

The phrase can be used, for example, when a manager asks how long it will take you to debug some software and you have no idea. "I'll have it working Real Soon Now."

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Last updated: 2013-08-22

Nearby terms:

Real Simple Syndication ♦ Real Soon Now ♦ real-time ♦ Real-Time Common Design Language

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