“Quick chat” = 48 minutes

McSweeny’s Internet Tendency  (salty language warning) has published a list of expressions people in the corporate world use to express units of time. Some of these will probably resonate with teachers...

• “Just a sec” = 5 minutes

• “Just a minute” = 10 minutes

• “Pick your brain” = 17 minutes or, in rare cases, 90 seconds

• “Quick chat” = 48 minutes

• “No more than five minutes” = 1 hour

• “Let’s revisit this later” = never shall we speak of this again

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