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in use – of a toilet/bathroom stall (US: occupied; but the opposite is vacant in both); of a telephone line (US & UK also: busy), hence engaged tone (US: busy signal) committed; involved in something betrothed English of or pertaining to England the English language (adj.) the foot-pound-second system of units [citation needed] (UK: Imperial)
Busy. Busy, stand by Busy -Stand by unless urgent Busy Busy 10-7 Out of service. Out of service (Give location and/or telephone number) Out of Service Out at ... Out of Service 10-7 A — Not Available 10-7 B Off Radio 10-8 In service. In Service Clear In Service 10-9 Repeat, conditions bad. Repeat Say Again 10-10 Out of service—subject to call.
BLUF aims to enable the receiver of a message to make faster decisions, especially for people who are busy, time-constrained, or overloaded with lots of information. [7] BLUF helps manage a reader's load as most readers' priority is to get through all text or copy quickly and efficiently.
Visitors to Los Angeles' Getty Villa, modeled after the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, get a glimpse of otium as experienced at an ancient Roman villa. Otium is a Latin abstract term which has a variety of meanings, including leisure time for "self-realization activities" [1] such as eating, playing, relaxing, contemplation, and academic endeavors.
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
FOBO – meaning Fear of Better Options – was coined by American venture capitalist and author Patrick James McGinnis while he was a student at Harvard Business School. [52] McGinnis describes FOBO as a byproduct of a hyper-busy, hyper-connected world in which everything seems possible, and, as a result, you are spoiled for choice. [52]
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.
A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call. The busy signal has become less common in the past few decades due to the prevalence of call waiting and voicemail.