Common beginning or ending to a sentence. It can serve to:\n\n1. provide an excuse for why one has not yet done something.\r\n2. suggest a vague intention of doing something later (similar to how Spanish speakers use the word "mañana.")\r\n3. add minimal credibility to an idea that is a pipe dream.\n> 1. There's no point in looking for a job until the economy picks up.\n> 2. I'll start my business when the economy picks up.\n> 3. Unemployment levels will go back down to the levels they were in the late 1990s when the economy picks up.\n