lastminute.com en · ADJ
Etymology
From lastminute.com, name of an online travel and leisure retailer; see .com (“Internet top-level domain”).
Meanings
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(humorous, informal) Synonym of last minute (“close to a deadline”).
(A further point to bear in mind is that you may not always have someone handy to take the measurements for you, especially if, like me, you are a bit lastminute.com, always making your clothes on the day you actually need them!)
2021, Chinelo Bally, Sew Chinelo:We decided all this on Tuesday July 5 (very lastminute.com).
2005, David Harvie, Shut Them Down!, page 204:We wish the lander well on its arrival on Mars. However, it was all a bit lastminute.com. Perhaps in future there will be more composite and planned space efforts which will be more exciting […]
2002, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 381: