A
vague reference of time which could be a few days or a few weeks. The majority of the users either don't actually know that
a minute is a measurement of time or have
dumbed down their own brains to the point of not caring that they sound like morons.
That CD has been out for a minute. Which helps a lot when you tell the
sales associate, especially when they don't listen to the kind of music in which
the CD is
classified under.