New York minute
English edit
Etymology edit
Supposedly from the time between a traffic light turning green and the driver behind sounding the horn.
Noun edit
New York minute (plural New York minutes)
- (informal) An instant; an extremely short time.
- Synonyms: instant; see also Thesaurus:moment
- 1989, Don Henley (lyrics and music), “New York Minute”, in The End of the Innocence:
- In a New York minute, everything can change / In a New York minute, you can get out of the rain