had not written for a long time and has done it

English translation: Out of the blue

18:20 Jan 20, 2018
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English term or phrase: had not written for a long time and has done it
How do we call a person who had not written or phoned us for a long time and has suddenly called?
Vaddy Peters
Selected answer:Out of the blue
Explanation:
It's just a general suggestion. I'm not sure what you're looking for, is it a single word (noun/adjective) or an expression? The only expression that came to my mind is this one. As an instance when you say, hey I haven't heard from you for like forever and now you've written to me out of the blue.
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Ehsan Kiani
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3 +2Out of the blue
Ehsan Kiani
3 +1Ghost from the past
Mihaela Spajic
3a blast from the past
Yvonne Gallagher
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fwiw, hth
writeaway

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Out of the blue


Explanation:
It's just a general suggestion. I'm not sure what you're looking for, is it a single word (noun/adjective) or an expression? The only expression that came to my mind is this one. As an instance when you say, hey I haven't heard from you for like forever and now you've written to me out of the blue.

Ehsan Kiani
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Asker: The term is said to have appeared among young people in the US. A kind of newly coined youth Internet slang.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
1 day 6 hrs
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neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: this is an adverbial phrase rather than the noun required in the context
1 day 16 hrs
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agree  NishantM
3 days 8 hrs
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a blast from the past


Explanation:
I don't know of a one word term although I have heard people say: Oh you're a real "LAZARUS" (come back from the dead)

but this expression does fit what you say, although it's not new and I am not young :-(

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/66500.html
Something or someone that returns after a period of obscurity or absence. It is normally applied to things that that were thought fondly of previously and are making a welcome return


https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/a-bla...
someone you knew or something that existed in the past, that suddenly appears again or that you are reminded of again

Yvonne Gallagher
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ghost from the past


Explanation:
I would describe such peron as a ghost from the past, someone who suddenly appears.

Mihaela Spajic
Croatia
Local time: 09:39
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Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: never heard that in English
11 hrs

agree  NishantM
2 days 3 hrs
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Reference comments


21 hrs
Reference: fwiw, hth

Reference information:
Zombie-ing
It takes work to get over someone significant, or even maybe-significant, and keep on keepin’ on — but zombies won’t allow that. This prospect (or even ex) is someone you completely wrote off, got over and forgot about. Until, of course, they come back from the dead. Often “ghosts” turn into “zombies,” because hey, they never explicitly told you they were ending it, right?
Sometimes zombies re-emerge from the metaphorical dating graveyard with a rush of old feelings. Sometimes they don’t. It can be amusing, intriguing or infuriating to suddenly hear from a prospect to whom you last spoke some six months or a year ago.
Now, here’s the question of the moment: If someone suddenly exits your life without communicating why, and then comes back around weeks or months later, should you ever entertain dating them?
A lot of people will tell you no. No! Move on. They had their chance, and there are no do-overs — especially when that person clearly can’t communicate well.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/someone-ghosts-benches-zombi...

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