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fivever en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /faɪvˈɛvə(ɹ)/
• /faɪˈvɛvə(ɹ)/
• /ˈfaɪvɛvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-i Proto-Germanic *furi Proto-West Germanic *furi Old English for Middle English for English for Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Middle English ever English ever univ. English forever blend English fivever Blend of five + forever, as a pun on four. Compare me three.

Meanings

1. (humorous, informal, nonstandard, not-comparable) Forever.
   • Jemma stares at me forever. Fivever. 2017, Sara Wolf, Remember Me Forever, page 147:
   • His mother and he lived happily fivever after -- and so on, and so on, and so fifth. 2001, Richard Lederer, “Four Cheers Five Victor Borge”, in Annals of Improbable Research, volume 7, number 1, page 24:
   • This is not an introductory promotion, or a temporary discount. This is five tracks, five bucks, ... fivever. 2004 November 16, Lunatic Groove, rec.music.a-cappella (Usenet):

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