Meaning of last big thing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A recent fad or trend that has lost its popularity.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see last, big, thing.

Examples

“My nightstand, desktop, TiVo menu and mental to-do list are still full of last⟳ big things I never got around to— The Hulk, Friendster, hot yoga (or, for that matter⟳, cold yoga)— and I'm paid to keep⟳ up with this stuff.”

“My colleagues and I are searching for the next big thing in the field. The last⟳ big thing came about 15 years ago and we're currently in a “been there, done that” mode.”

“We always, it seems, are provided with a glut of material on the next big thing and not enough on how to make⟳ the last⟳ big thing actually work⟳.”

“And, besides, appearances to the contrary, the fashion business was not really in the habit of changing bandwagons when the cutting-edgers started looking for the next big thing. They were usually still responding to the last⟳ big thing.”

“Now, nobody knows what IT is exactly, but as dot-com companies, purveyors of the Last⟳ Big Thing, bite⟳ the dust, we're ready to grasp at anything — even if we don't know⟳ what it is.”

“You might call⟳ Web services the Last⟳ Big Thing. The surprise⟳ is that today, in the midst of an IT downturn that has become⟳ a way of life, Web services really is changing everything.”

“The world of nightlife is arguably one of the most forward-thinking businesses there is; impresarios and denizens alike are moving constantly, like⟳ sharks, on the unending quest for the Next Big Thing, and the Next Next Big Thing, and the So Much The Next Big Thing That Only Fifteen People In Glasgow Know⟳ About It Thing, leaving the rest⟳ of us behind at the Last⟳ Big Thing, as redundant and forgotten as rejected bits of forlorn knitwear on the last⟳ day of a Barneys warehouse sale.”

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