A new unit of measure
maven (mā’vən) n.
- A unit of time equal to the length of the first mvn call of the day. The first call typically will involve downloading new snapshot versions of many external dependent jars from the Internet. I’m going across the street to get some coffee and a muffin – back in a maven.

Hi! My name is Alex Miller and I live in St. Louis. I write code for a living and currently work for
Brilliant.
lol, so instead of using the excuse ‘my code is compiling’ you can now use the excuse ‘im mavening’
lol
I’ d say “while maven is downloading the internet”