Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chrimbo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chrim-bo
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper."
""A Chrimbo pressie for me?" He peeped around the door."

Etymology

The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

Chrimbos (plural) Crimbo (alternative)

Synonyms

Crimble

Questions

What does chrimbo mean?: Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.
Where does chrimbo come from?: The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.

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