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depends on the user
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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Chris Maunder wrote: "jiffy" was just a term meaning "a short time".
Good to know.
Chris Maunder wrote: I use it all the time.
What kind of people you hang out with? English teachers? 
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Bullshit. It's an undefined (but short) time period.
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The earliest technical usage for jiffy was defined by Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946). He proposed a unit of time called the "jiffy" which was equal to the time it takes light to travel one centimeter (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds).[2] It has since been redefined for different measurements depending on the field of study
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And all this time, I thought it meant there is too much peanut butter and not enough jelly on a PB&J sandwich!
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I always thought it was the time it took you to start cussing after you've put yourself between the hot and ground terminals.
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Jiffy has many uses.
The most common applications of the word in the NE Scotland are;
Time as in "back in a jiffy".Padded envelope, the bubble wrap lined brown ones.Condom.Pay a trip to: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jiffy[^] for the more interesting ones!
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I've been told that it's the time it takes light to travel 1 metre
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