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year dot

year dot noun: a very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.

Noun

the year dot

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    day dot

Synonyms of year dot

Questions about year dot

What does year dot mean?
Year dot means a very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
What part of speech is year dot?
Year dot is a noun.

Words near year dot in the dictionary

  1. year 2000 problem
  2. year 2000 problems
  3. year 2038 problem
  4. year bearer
  5. year bearers
  6. year dot
  7. year in, year out
  8. year mark
  9. year marks
  10. year mind
  11. year minds

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