"not happy, Jan" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-Not happy Jan.ogg [Australia], En-au-not happy, Jan.ogg [Australia] Forms: Not happy [canonical], Jan! [canonical]
Etymology: Made famous by a television advertisement for Sensis's (Telstra's Directories and Advertising division) Yellow Pages product, which was aired in Australia from 2000–2003. See the Wikipedia article. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=Not happy, Jan!}} Not happy, Jan!
  1. (Australia) Used to express displeasure at someone else's incompetence. Wikipedia link: not happy, Jan Tags: Australia

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