Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thanksmas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thanks-mas
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A celebration held between Thanksgiving and Christmas, especially because a family is unable to get together at either of the other dates.

Informal

Example Sentences

"This particular Thanksmas, Bill accepted an invitation to be my house guest — enthusiastically accepted."
"The terrified looks on everyone's face when it was time to play that game was enough incentive to come to Thanksmas."

Etymology

Blend of Thanksgiving + Christmas.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Thanksmases (plural)

Questions

What does thanksmas mean?: A celebration held between Thanksgiving and Christmas, especially because a family is unable to get together at either of the other dates.
Where does thanksmas come from?: Blend of Thanksgiving + Christmas.

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