A long time back.
It refers to an incident that happened so long ago that it was not possible to keep a track of when it actually was.
An informal way of saying as long back as one can remember.
I have been living in this house since the year dot and know everyone in the vicinity by their first names.
My mom makes this cheesecake since the year dot and I am yet to taste anything that is better.
This lawyer is set up in the uptown area since the year dot because his business is much better there with influential clients walking in all the time.
His uncle is in the deciding committee since the year dot, of course he got in without any issues.
We’ve been friends since the year dot.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.