Define Fast Times Meaning

Replacement for "good times" or the like, usually in reffrence to something sterotypically highschool (as in Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

(1) Daylight saving time (i.e., Summer Time)

(2) Prevailing time on the eastern side of a land time zone boundary.

See "Slow time."

1. n. Novel by Cameron Crowe, published around 1982, centering on the lives of several students at Ridgemont Senior High School. In 1979 Crowe, then 22, attended a real high school in Redondo Beach, CA, posed as a 17 year old senior to research the novel. Mostly serious, with comedic undertones.
2. n. 1982 movie based on the above novel, screen adaptation by Crowe, directed by Amy Heckerling. Stars Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh. Comedic, with serious undertones.

The total amount of minutes accumulated when starting a show on a DVR after it has already started to air live. Used generally to fast forward all the horrible commercials and horrible ads no one wants to see.

For an NBA game, you typically need at least 45 minutes of recorded show before you can hit "play" (depending on the speed you fast forward) to be able to skip all the commercials and halftime.