A phrase presumably used to mean "recent past." This is a phrase that has been around for a very long time (at least since the 1920's or 30's, probably longer) but is such an underwhelming turn of phrase that comes off as simultaneously pompous and pretentious, that in the year 2023 no one has yet bothered to even enter it into Wiktionary or any other online dictionary. So its time has come, and it is now being entered into one of the greatest dictionaries to grace humanity with its presence. :-)
Arnold Rimmer (character in the TV show Red Dwarf): "It happened in the past period."
Lister: "Past period!? Rimmer, English speakers don't speak like that."
Adapted from Red Dwarf episode "Balance of Power"
Lister: "Past period!? Rimmer, English speakers don't speak like that."
Adapted from Red Dwarf episode "Balance of Power"
by Grammar Trotskyist May 15, 2023
Get the past periodmug. by bumblebee100609 April 3, 2021
Get the Pastelymug. 
mid 20th Century - when you take a good idea beyond it’s usefulness or applicability. you go so far that you undermine the value of your effort, argument or position.
by JaniGerada February 9, 2021
Get the past the moneymug. yo, I got yo momma on paste!!
If we can't get into the club tonite, I've got a tight plan on paste; Stacy's mom said we could use her hottub while they're gone and they've got a huge liquor cabinet
If we can't get into the club tonite, I've got a tight plan on paste; Stacy's mom said we could use her hottub while they're gone and they've got a huge liquor cabinet
by omymoon January 28, 2024
Get the on pastemug. “Thinking your cool from the past” if a person Says that, It means Your Cool from the past and They are thinking your have the same thing in common.
And they want to be friends with you again Cause They thought how cool you were back then.
And they want to be friends with you again Cause They thought how cool you were back then.
“Hey I’ve been thinking your cool and wanting to be friends cause we have talken before and I had a feeling having stuff in common not in a gay way.” (Thinking your cool from the past)
by NookAstly August 25, 2021
Get the Thinking your cool from the pastmug. As she walked into the club, Natasha laughed at the group of women standing outside The Box in their copy-paste outfits trying to get into the club.
by El Diablo4eva February 11, 2024
Get the Copy-pastemug.