year dot

English

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Noun

the year dot

  1. (idiomatic, British, Ireland) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
    Synonym: (Australia, NZ) day dot
    That hat dates from the year dot.
    • 1989 June, Phil South, “Rage Hard”, in Your Sinclair magazine‎[1], archived from the original on 10 March 2012:
      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.

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Further reading

  • Year Dot, in LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus.
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