"not happy, Jan" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-Not happy Jan.ogg , En-au-not happy, Jan.ogg
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}} not happy, Jan
  1. (Australia) Used to express displeasure at someone else's incompetence. Wikipedia link: not happy, Jan Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-not_happy,_Jan-en-phrase-qVNB4zFl Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2011, Craig Cormick, In Bed with Douglas Mawson: Travels Around Antarctica, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "One young chick is standing on its toes, flapping crazily, squawking a long ‘not-happy-Jan’ cry in penguin-speak.",
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