time blobule

English translation: time particles

09:56 Feb 20, 2008

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English term or phrase: time blobule

Please explain the meaning of 'time blobule' used in the following passage:

"Time comes in blobules, and time blobules are cannibalistic by nature. Institutionally driven blobules are relatively more cannibalistic than other blobules. You have to take care of how you manage your time blobules."

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Selected answer:time particles

Explanation:
Blobule is not a dictionary term, but it looks like a combinatin of the words blob and globule - which would suggest a particle or segment of time in this context. In the excerpt provided it looks like the author is saying that time can eat into other time (i.e. a time period set aside for one thing can spill over into another - making time blobules cannibalistic by nature.

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Vicky Nash
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Local time: 09:15

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Thanks, Vicky.
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time particles

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time particles

Vicky Nash
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Local time: 09:15
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Thanks, Vicky.

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