Chrimbo

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects. British, slang

    "The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper."

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christmascrimblecrimble

Example

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"The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper."

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.

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