like fun



like fun

Not really, certainly not. For example, She said she'd been skiing for years-like fun she had! or Do I want to eat raw oysters-like fun I do. This expression originated in the early 1800s with a quite different meaning, "energetically" or "vigorously," a sense now obsolete. Its present sense dates from the 1900s. Also see for fun.
See also: fun, like

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dionisiodyo-NEE-syo (Spanish), dyo-NEE-zyo (Italian)Spanish, Italian
Ariehahr-YE (Jewish)Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
WolfgangVAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English)German, Ancient Germanic
Rudolf[ru:dɔlf]
Kayode-Western African, Yoruba
Hussein-Arabic