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for Real Soon Now
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) :
Real Soon Now
adv.
[orig. from SF's fanzine community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's column
in BYTE]
1. Supposed to be available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real soon now
according to somebody, but the speaker is quite skeptical.
2. When one's gods, fates, or other time commitments permit one to get to
it (in other words, don't hold your breath). Often abbreviated RSN. Compare
copious free time.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010) :
Real Soon Now
RSN
(RSN) [Originally from SF's fanzine community, popularised by
Jerry Pournelle's column in "BYTE"] 1. Supposed to be
available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real soon now
according to somebody, but the speaker is quite skeptical.
2. When one's gods, fates, or other time commitments permit
one to get to it (in other words, don't hold your breath).
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