year dot

1. 1.

   as long ago as anyone can remember

   “he has been a conductor since the year dot”

   Broaderlong time

   United Kingdom

Questions about year dot

What does year dot mean?

year dot means "as long ago as anyone can remember".

Is year dot a common word?

year dot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.