legend in one's own lunchtime

English

Etymology

Playful variation of legend in one's own lifetime.

Pronunciation

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Noun

legend in one's own lunchtime

1. (idiomatic, often ironic) One whose fame is insignificant, fleeting or imaginary.
   • 2003, Clive Maxfield, Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, →ISBN, page 1:

     A legend in his own lunchtime, Bulwer-Lytton became renowned for penning exceptionally bad prose...

   • 2008 May 19, Media Monkey, “Media Diary from the Observer”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 15 June 2014:

     At the company's end-of-season party last week, East Sr, a legend in his own lunchtime, grabbed the mic from the house band and regaled guests—including Setanta pundits Steve McManaman and Les Ferdinand—with a Beatles medley.

   • 2012, Jeff Connor, Field of Fire‎^[1], →ISBN:

     By way of a change, the Star assistant editor, another legend in his own lunchtime, would regularly fall asleep during the morning conference and we would simply tiptoe past him and leave him to it.

See also

• 15 minutes of fame