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An ohnosecond is the fraction of time in which you realize you made a big mistake and you can't undo it. The first documented use of the term was by Elizabeth Crowe in her book The Electronic Traveler.
Examples of an ohnosecond include the instant when:
- after hours of writing, you realize you just exited the program without saving your work
- as the car door slams shut, you see you left the key in the ignition
- as you click "send" you remember that you didn't add the attachment to the email
- as you click "post" on a forum post you just wrote you see a huge blunder
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