Meaning of year dot | Babel Free

Definitions

A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.

British, Ireland, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level