What does “limbo” mean?
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Oh, this is a good one —
So originally, "limbo" comes from old religious ideas — it was a place between heaven and hell, where souls just… waited. Not good, not bad. Just stuck in between.
From that, we use it today to mean a situation where you're stuck waiting and nothing is moving forward. Like you don't know what's going to happen next and you can't do anything about it.
For example — "I applied for the job two weeks ago and haven't heard back. I'm in limbo right now." Or imagine you're moving to a new city but your apartment isn't ready yet — "My life is kind of in limbo until I get the keys."
You can also say something is "left in limbo" — like "The project was left in limbo after the manager quit." That means nobody is handling it and it's just sitting there, unfinished.
Basically, limbo = that frustrating in-between state where you're just waiting with no clear answer.
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