Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not happy, jan

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: not hap-py, -jan
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to express displeasure at someone else's incompetence.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"One young chick is standing on its toes, flapping crazily, squawking a long ‘not-happy-Jan’ cry in penguin-speak."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:not happy, Jan."

Etymology

Made famous by a television advertisement for Sensis's (Telstra's Directories and Advertising division) Yellow Pages product, which was aired in Australia from 2000–2003. See the Wikipedia article.

Usage

Australian usage

Questions

What does not happy, jan mean?: Used to express displeasure at someone else's incompetence.
Where does not happy, jan come from?: Made famous by a television advertisement for Sensis's (Telstra's Directories and Advertising division) Yellow Pages product, which was aired in Australia from 2000–2003. See the Wikipedia article.

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