Chrimbo

Meaning

1. 1noununcountable

   A friendly, jokey nickname for Christmas, used mainly in Britain.

   Grammar: Used without an or the, like Christmas: at Chrimbo.

   Patterns

   • at Chrimbo
   • before Chrimbo

   Are you doing anything special for Chrimbo this year?

   The shops are already full of tinsel and Chrimbo decorations.

   Pop round at Chrimbo and we will have a drink.

Common combinations

Happy Chrimbo

Happy Chrimbo, everyone!

at Chrimbo

We always visit Gran at Chrimbo.

Chrimbo pressies

I still need to wrap the Chrimbo pressies.

Chrimbo jumper

He wore a Chrimbo jumper to the office party.

before Chrimbo

Let us finish before Chrimbo.

Synonyms and how they differ

Xmas

Xmas is a written abbreviation that people also say aloud, but Chrimbo is spoken and rather more playful.

Christmas

Christmas is the standard word suitable for every context, while Chrimbo is chatty slang.

Crimbo

Crimbo is simply an alternative spelling of the same slang word.

Word family

Christmas noun

the standard word the slang comes from

Crimbo noun

variant spelling

Xmas noun

abbreviated form

Commonly confused: Chrimbo or Chrismas?

Practice

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