Meanings
nounthe year dot
- IrelandUKidiomaticA very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
That hat dates from the year dot.
1 more example
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 2012Synonyms: day dot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
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Translations
Catalan any de la picor
- any de la picora very long time ago
Dutch jaar kruik
- jaar kruika very long time ago
Finnish vuosi yksi ja kaksi
- vuosi yksi ja kaksia very long time ago
German anno dazumal
- anno dazumala very long time ago
Hebrew שְׁנַת תָּרָפָּפּוּ
- שְׁנַת תָּרָפָּפּוּ (sh'nát tarapapú)a very long time ago
Romanian o mie nouă sute toamna
- o mie nouă sute toamnaa very long time ago
Russian во вре́мя о́но
- во вре́мя о́но (vo vrémja óno)a very long time ago
Spanish año de la nana, año de la pera
- año de la nanaa very long time ago
- año de la peraa very long time ago
- año de la polcaa very long time ago
- tiempos de Maricastañaa very long time ago
Cite this entry
APA
year dot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year%20dot
MLA
“year dot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year%20dot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “year dot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year%20dot.
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