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# An [[unbirthday]] [[celebration]] occurring six months after person's the previous [[birthday]]; often [[eccentric]] or for a child |
# An [[unbirthday]] [[celebration]] occurring six months after person's the previous [[birthday]]; often [[eccentric]] or for a child |
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#* '''2003''' |
#* '''2003''', Meg Cox, ''The Book of New Family Traditions'', page 263<!---[http://books.google.com/books?id=tyZ6LHN3aUwC&pg=PA64&dq=%22half+birthday%22&hl=en&ei=ne6fTvmbA-rZiQKpw5lR&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ]--->: |
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#*: You can sing "Happy '''Half Birthday''' to You!" or you could try only singing every other word. |
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#* '''2004''' Ginnie Mesibov, |
#* '''2004''', Ginnie Mesibov, ''Outer Strength, Inner Strength'', page 39<!---[http://books.google.com/books?id=uUb_lkQQ24kC&pg=PA39&dq=%22halfbirthday%22&hl=en&ei=PO6fTpLTJ8GoiAKT_6FP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAQ]--->: |
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#*: The fete was Mary Beth's '''halfbirthday'''. |
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#* '''2009''' |
#* '''2009''', Philip Done, ''Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood''<!---[http://books.google.com/books?id=znT-Tx3AEcUC&pg=PT142&dq=%22halfbirthday%22&hl=en&ei=PO6fTpLTJ8GoiAKT_6FP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA]--->: |
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#*: “Your halfbirthday?” I pointed to the plate. |
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#* {{quote-book|year=2009|author=Bill Glazer, Dan Kennedy|title=Outrageous Advertising That's Outrageously Successful|page=257|passage=After all, a '''half-birthday''' celebration for an adult is OUTRAGEOUS in itself.}} |
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#*: ''After all, a '''half-birthday''' celebration for an adult is OUTRAGEOUS in itself.'' |
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Revision as of 12:41, 21 October 2011
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Alternate forms
Noun
half birthday (plural half birthdays)
- An unbirthday celebration occurring six months after person's the previous birthday; often eccentric or for a child
- 2003, Meg Cox, The Book of New Family Traditions, page 263:
- You can sing "Happy Half Birthday to You!" or you could try only singing every other word.
- 2004, Ginnie Mesibov, Outer Strength, Inner Strength, page 39:
- The fete was Mary Beth's halfbirthday.
- 2009, Philip Done, Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood:
- “Your halfbirthday?” I pointed to the plate.
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- 2003, Meg Cox, The Book of New Family Traditions, page 263: