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lifetime
/ˈlaɪftaɪm/
When used as a noun, "lifetime" refers to the total span of time from birth to death, or the operational life of an object. When used as an adjective (like in "lifetime achievement award"), it describes something that lasts for a person's entire life or is granted only once in a lifetime.
💬Casual Conversation
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Sarah is staring at a crashed computer screen in the office.
Sarah
My laptop just bricked. This thing hasn't even hit its projected lifetime.
David
Rough. Just pivot to the backup drive until IT sorts it out.
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Sarah uses 'lifetime' in a technical sense (functional duration) and employs the slang term 'bricked' to describe a device that has become completely non-functional. David responds with 'pivot', a corporate buzzword he uses to sound like a visionary manager.