Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word latelies.

Examples

  • They loved the attention they got, but are much nicer to people they perceive as being longtime neighborhood customers, than fly by night TV watching, johnny-come latelies.

    In Defense of Manganaro’s Grosseria | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009

  • When viewing the accomplishments of the come latelies, one must remember that they have the advantage of NASA's pioneering.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Diamond Sutra, a woodblock book printed six centuries before come latelies Johannes Gutenberg and William Caxton cranked out their first books, was discovered in 1907 by

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • Angry West Coast Canuck from Canada writes: Bateman and others are johnny come latelies to the island.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • Way to jump on the bandwagon "johnny come latelies" only 10 months after POTUS said he was going to do it, and 8 years after the mockery of our legal system and the attack on our priciples began.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • i predict that at least three 'what have you done for me lately?' ranger bloggers will slam michael for his gaffe yesterday. hey, i kinda like that. we have three types of posters the rose colored glasses folk (100\% pro) the what have you done for me latelies (100\% con - plus the jd and wash-haters)

    Texas Rangers 2009

  • i predict that at least three 'what have you done for me lately?' ranger bloggers will slam michael for his gaffe yesterday. hey, i kinda like that. we have three types of posters the rose colored glasses folk (100\% pro) the what have you done for me latelies (100\% con - plus the jd and wash-haters)

    Texas Rangers 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.