noun
Meaning 1
A period of six months
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal, neologism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Friedman unit
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
History
Etymology
From Thomas Friedman's repeated use of the phrase "the next six months" as the time period when the outcome of the Iraq war will be resolved.