Killing Time

Killing Time

The phrase killing time is primarily an idiomatic expression, meaning "spending time in an inconsequential manner."

This expression is over 100 years old.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE1D9163EEF33A2575BC0A96F9C94629ED7CF shows it being used in an 1893 NY Times headline.

Killing Time may refer to:

History

*The Killing Time, a period in late 17th century Scottish history

Books

* "Killing Time" (Caleb Carr novel)
* "Killing Time" (Justin Richards novel)
* "Killing Time" (Thomas Berger novel), by Thomas Berger
* "Killing Time" (Paul Feyerabend book), an autobiography by Paul Feyerabend
* "Killing Time" (Star Trek novel), by Della van Hise, a Star Trek novel

Music

* Killing Time (band), an American hardcore punk band
* Killing Time (psychedelic band), an Australian psychedelic band
* "Killing Time" (Girl album)
* "Killing Time" (Massacre album)
* "Killing Time" (Tina Cousins album)
* "Killing Time" (Hollywood Rose song), a song by Hollywood Rose
* "Killing Time", a song by (həd) p.e. from "Broke"
* "Killing Time", a song by Destiny's Child from "Destiny's Child"
* "Killing Time", a song by Obituary from "The End Complete"
* "Killing Time", the last song on the Pennywise album "About Time"

Other

* "Killing Time" (video game), a first-person shooter originally for 3DO
* "Killing Time" ("Time Squad"), an episode of the American animated television series "Time Squad"
* "Killing Time" (documentary), a film by Annika Gustafson about the Bhutanese refugees
* "Killing Time" (film), a film by Bharat Nalluri
* "Killing Time" (1984 film), nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
* "Killing Time" (artwork), a video artwork by Sam Taylor-Wood
* "Killing Time", a poem written on commission for the New Millennium Experience Company by Simon Armitage

ee also

* Killin' Time


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