twixmas
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The period in between Christmas Day and New Year, typically December 27th–31st where Boxing Day is observed, and December 26th–31st elsewhere (i.e. the first six of the Twelve Days of Christmas).
Slang
Example Sentences
- "Christmas / Twixmas and New Year"
- "All of this leaves a gap for families to spend quality time together in a relaxed atmosphere – and that is where the Twixmas breaks have come in."
- "Ahhh Twixmas – it’s always a funny time of year, isn’t it? The days are short, the nights are long and have we really not finished all the cold turkey yet?!"