copious free time

English

Etymology

From the introduction to the song It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier by Tom Lehrer.

Noun

copious free time (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, sarcastic) A hypothetical time set aside for performing time-consuming tasks; actually insinuating that the speaker has little or no free time.
    I'll do that in my copious free time.
    • 1959, Tom Lehrer, introduction to It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier:
      I recall this sergeant's informing me and my "room-mates" of this rather deplorable fact the army didn't have any official, excuse me, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this in our copious free time.
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