There is also lime as a slang for hanging out, doing a lot of nothing.
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Topi Linkala:
May 4th, 2009 at 10:03 am
And in mathematics limit is still limes.
Nicole:
September 20th, 2010 at 6:27 am
There is also lime as a slang for hanging out, doing a lot of nothing.