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The slipperiest appointment you'll never quite keep, sworn to with total sincerity.
means At a future time, after the present moment but usually left vague about exactly when.
from From Old English æter, the comparative of læt, "late" — literally "more late." The same Germanic root surfaces in the German lass and is a distant cousin of the Latin lassus, "weary." So when you say "later," you are quietly pledging to do something at an ever-more-late hour, which is, perhaps fittingly, the most honest part of the promise.
- procrastinator's anthem
- Means soon, usually means never
- time of day
- Always one hour after now
- farewell
- Cooler way to say goodbye
- latency root
- Shares DNA with lag and delay
for instance
see you later alligator — 1956 novelty song by bill haley that became a playground call-and-response catchphrase