year dot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, idiomatic) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
That hat dates from the year dot.
Disk interfaces have been around since the year dot, as people soon realised that the microdrive was unreliable, unstable and generally rubbish for the storage of anything, useless except as a rather small beermat.
1989 June, Phil South, “Rage Hard”, in Your Sinclair magazine, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2012:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the year dot | canonical | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (10)
es tiempos de Maricastaña (a very long time ago) · es año de la pera (a very long time ago) · ca any de la picor (a very long time ago) · es año de la polca (a very long time ago) · de anno dazumal (a very long time ago) · fi vuosi yksi ja kaksi (a very long time ago) · ru во вре́мя о́но (a very long time ago) · nl jaar kruik (a very long time ago) · es año de la nana (a very long time ago) · ro o mie nouă sute toamna (a very long time ago)