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a line that politely converts your time into someone else's profit
means A line of people or things waiting their turn for something, or the act of forming such a line.
from From French queue, "tail," which descends from Latin cauda, also "tail." The image is wonderfully literal: a line of people trailing behind like an animal's tail. English borrowed it, and the British in particular took to both the word and the practice with great devotion. The four silent vowels stacked behind the lone Q are themselves a tiny queue — letters patiently waiting their turn to do nothing.
- spelling
- five letters, four of them just waiting their turn
- british gospel
- jumping one is a near-criminal social offense
- computing
- first in, first out powers nearly everything digital
- origin
- from Latin for a tail, fittingly
- disney trick
- snaking lines hide their true monstrous length
black friday retail lines — thousands queue overnight outside stores like best buy and walmart for doorbusters
wimbledon ticket queue — thousands camp overnight on the queue hill at the all england club for centre court tickets