As far as I can remember, the very first (and only) time I've ever heard the phrase "in the hopper" occurred this week. It was such a strange phrase; I had to look it up. It turns out that the person who introduced me to this phrase used it completely incorrectly. The statement from that person made to me was similar to "let's keep this in the hopper for awhile." The inference is that something is being put on hold for a particular time frame. However, "in the hopper" actually has a meaning that is quite the opposite. When I looked it up on http://www.dictionary.com, I found that it refers to something being introduced or something about to happen or be realized. Now that I've learned a new phrase, I just might start using it (correctly, of course). One might say that my use of "in the hopper" is now in the hopper.
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