half birthday

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

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noun

"You can sing "Happy Half Birthday to You!" or you could try only singing every other word."
"The fete was Mary Beth's half-birthday."
"“Your halfbirthday?” I pointed to the plate."
"After all, a half-birthday celebration for an adult is OUTRAGEOUS in itself."

From half + birthday.

half birthdays (plural) half-birthday (alternative)

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