English

Interjection

long time no see

1. (idiomatic) I (or we) have not seen you for a long time.

   Dave! Long time no see! How’s Boston been treating you?

   • 1901, W. F. Drannan, Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains:

     Good morning. Long time no see you.

Derived terms

• long time no hear

Translations

References

1. ↑ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.
2. 1 2 Partridge, Eric, and Beale, Paul (2002). A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, p. 1386. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-29189-5, ISBN 978-0-415-29189-7.