| Hacker Slang: Real Soon Now |
[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.
| Wikipedia: Real soon now |
The phrase "real soon now" (RSN, often capitalized as "Real Soon Now"), originally used in the science fiction fanzine community, was popularised by Jerry Pournelle's "Chaos Manor" column in BYTE magazine. RSN is described as:
Besides occurring in many clearly humorous ironic/sarcastic writings, RSN is also sometimes informally used in preliminary software engineering project documentation, along with the more colloquial term ASAP and more formal or serious terms like TBA/TBC/TBD/TBR.
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