asap
⇨ asap; ASAP
1
as soon as possible. Originally military; either spoken as an acronym spelt out and stressed or vocalised as 'a-sap' in the US, 'assap' in the UK US, 1955.
2
as slowly as possible. Facetious, bitter variant on 'as soon as possible' CANADA, 2002
ASAP
⇨ asap; ASAP
1
as soon as possible. Originally military; either spoken as an acronym spelt out and stressed or vocalised as 'a-sap' in the US, 'assap' in the UK US, 1955.
2
as slowly as possible. Facetious, bitter variant on 'as soon as possible' CANADA, 2002