What is a jiffy?
Bodies Without Organs
18-06-2004, 04:04
A millionth of a second? Something within a couple of orders of magnitude of that. My pride prevents me from resorting to Google...
The Basenji
18-06-2004, 04:04
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Jiffy
;-)
Demonic Furbies
18-06-2004, 04:05
a peanut butter company. :lol:
Tsorfinn
18-06-2004, 04:06
So when people say "back in a jiffy", they mean "back in a moment".
Fair enough.
imported_BACBI
18-06-2004, 04:06
It is the somewhat satisfying culmanation of an iffy. :oops:
Tsorfinn
18-06-2004, 04:08
It is the somewhat satisfying culmanation of an iffy. :oops:
Um.....oh-kaaaaaay......
New Foxxinnia
18-06-2004, 04:08
Jiffy: (noun): 33 minutes.
Bodies Without Organs
18-06-2004, 04:09
A millionth of a second? Something within a couple of orders of magnitude of that. My pride prevents me from resorting to Google...
What is that saying "any answer within a couple of orders of magnitude is good enough for physics, but will get you laughed out of engineering"? - something like that.
Vexilars
18-06-2004, 04:16
It is a type of popcorn made on the stove top.
Mmmm, Jiffy Pop!
imported_BACBI
18-06-2004, 04:28
It is a type of popcorn made on the stove top.
Mmmm, Jiffy Pop!
EXACTLY! :D
imported_BACBI
18-06-2004, 04:29
It is the somewhat satisfying culmanation of an iffy. :oops:
Um.....oh-kaaaaaay......
Uh.....What were you thinking?
Slap Happy Lunatics
18-06-2004, 06:33
Hard to say. I've only seen them peripherally. Little suckers are too darn fast!
SHL