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legend in one's own lunchtime en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

A playful variation of legend in one's own lifetime.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, ironic, often) One whose fame is insignificant, fleeting or imaginary.
    • A legend in his own lunchtime, Bulwer-Lytton became renowned for penning exceptionally bad prose... 2003, Clive Maxfield, Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, →ISBN, page 1:
    • By way of a change, the Star assistant editor, another legend in his own lunchtime, would regularly fall asleep during the morning conference and we would simply tiptoe past him and leave him to it. 2012, Jeff Connor, Field of Fire, →ISBN:
    • At the company's end-of-season party last week, East Sr, a legend in his own lunchtime, grabbed the mic from the house band and regaled guests—including Setanta pundits Steve McManaman and Les Ferdinand—with a Beatles medley. 2008 May 19, Media Monkey, “Media Diary from the Observer”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 15 Jun 2014:

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