yonks

A long time

Yonks is British slang for a very long time: I haven't seen her in yonks, It's been yonks since we went there.

The word is informal and casual, appearing almost exclusively in the phrase "for yonks" or "in yonks."

duration

ages

Extended time spans

aeons · eons · lifetime · centuries · decades · millennia · generations · epochs · eras · moons

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duration of time

yonksmoments

Short spans of time

seconds · briefly · a bit · just now

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Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G