# Has "Momentarily" become the American English norm for "in a moment" ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-momentarily-become-the-american-english-norm-for-in-a-moment/133215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-momentarily-become-the-american-english-norm-for-in-a-moment/133215 "2002-10-21T12:33:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-momentarily-become-the-american-english-norm-for-in-a-moment/133215/21 "2002-10-23T10:47:13Z")

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Hmm… maybe we need some new words to fill the void left by these migrations of meaning.

[Blackadder]  
I shall return… interphrastically  
[/Blackadder]

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