face time
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
face time
n 1: work time spent at the location of or in the presence of
other people; "instead of working on the problem at home he
devoted face time to it at the office"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
face time \face" time`\ (f[=a]s" t[imac]m`), n.
Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted
with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as
telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; as, the
chief of staff has the most face time with the president.
[Recent]
[PJC]
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
face time
n.
[common] Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed
to via electronic links). "Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him
at the last Usenix."
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