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adoptaversary en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of adopt + -a- + anniversary.

Meanings

1. (informal) The anniversary of an adopted child’s or pet’s adoption day.
   • According to Cory Turner, co-founder of Dogly, coming up with the perfect gift or gift basket for a dog’s or cat’s arrival, adoptaversary or other occasion, is pretty much a sure thing if you keep these things in mind: Share a discovery […] 2017 November 22, Lisa Iannucci, “‘Tis the season for pets, too: Put together a meaningful gift for a pet — and their human friends”, in Holiday Inspired (St. Joseph News-Press), St. Joseph, Mo., page 11, column 2:
   • NOVEMBER 21, 2013 - OCTOBER 15, 2022 ADOPTAVERSARY 2023 June, Michel Fiffe, “More Things We Will Always Love about Sharker”, in Copra, number 44, Portland, Ore.: Image Comics, Inc.:
   • In honor of Blue’s “adoptaversary,” his new guardians threw a party, complete with balloons, cupcakes, and human and canine guests. 2015, Ingrid Newkirk, “Blue: Blue’s Clues Lead to a Horrifying Discovery—and a Miraculous Escape”, in Love for Animals, Large and Small, Norfolk, Va.: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, →OCLC, page 35:
   • A national PetSmart survey indicates 53 percent of pet owners celebrate their pet’s birthday or “adoptaversary.” 2009 April 12, “Animal Crazy: All atwitter: Pets pick up online fans, raise money to rescue others”, in Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., →ISSN, page J2, column 4:
   • Then I’d get her a double-scoop vanilla ice cream cone—a special treat she usually got on her adoptaversary. 2018, Barbara Dee, Everything I Know About You, New York, N.Y.: Aladdin, published October 2019, →ISBN, page 222:
   • On social media, users share their emotions, positive and negative, when, for example, cats celebrate their birthdays or adoptaversaries, or when cats are ill or ‘have crossed the rainbow bridge’. 2023, Edith Podhovnik, “Cats and Their Digital Spaces”, in “The Cativerse”, in Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cats Online, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11:

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