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The word procrastinators use to swear they'll do it while doing nothing at all.
means At some unspecified point in the future, after a delay of indefinite length.
from From Latin 'eventus,' the outcome or result, born from 'evenire' — 'to come out, to happen' (e-, 'out,' plus 'venire,' 'to come,' a relative of our 'venue' and 'venture'). It entered English as 'eventual,' meaning 'pertaining to a final outcome,' and the '-ly' tacked on the patience. So at its root the word promises a thing will eventually 'come out' — it just declines to say when.
- origin
- From Latin eventus, meaning outcome or result.
- hidden deadline
- Promises everything, commits to nothing, on no schedule.
- heat death
- The universe ends eventually, technically keeping the promise.
- sibling word
- Twin of soon, that other beautiful lie.