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
Darja-Slovene, Czech
Victorinus-Late Roman
Edytae-DI-tahPolish
Isabelee-sah-BEL (Spanish), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-za-BEL (French), ee-zah-BEL (German)Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Maja (2)MIE-ah (German, Polish)Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Filbert-Eastern African