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The verbal equivalent of stepping on someone's sentence before they finish lacing it up.
means A break in someone's speech, action, or thought caused by an outside force butting in.
from From Latin interrumpere, to break apart — inter (between) plus rumpere (to burst), the same root that gives us rupture and erupt.
Speech timingAverage gap between speakers is barely 200 milliseconds.
Workplace costRefocusing after one interruption takes about 23 minutes.
Code rootsComputers run on interrupts signaling the processor constantly.