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freakend en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹiːˌkend/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /fɹiːˈkɛnd/ (UK)
• /ˈfɹiˌkɛnd/ (US)
• /ˈfɹiːˌkɛnd/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of freak + weekend. First attested in the early 2000s and popular since 2009.

Meanings

1. (slang) A wild and freaky weekend.
   • “Okay, fine, well, where is it then?” “Um, I recently borrowed it for one of my iconic Friday through Sunday "Terry Freak-ends."” 2023 August 14, Joe Saunders, “The Unwanted Personification of Terry” (4:09 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 11, spoken by Terry (Thomas Middleditch):
   • Although participants in the Jesus Freakend were engaged in activity, in this case the activity was not engagement in distinctive Christian practices such as prayer or works of mercy. Rather, they were engaged in recreating the plotline of salvation's story. 2002, Brad J. Kallenberg, Live to Tell: Evangelism in a Postmodern Age, illustrated edition, Brazos Press, →ISBN, page 104:
   • E: You ain't even gotta trip; its da freakend. I'll clean up. L: I do hafta trip, because I don't want your cleanup for a week and then back to not-giving-a-damn routine. I don't want any of your harebrained schemes, either, flim-flam man. 2008, M. G. Hardie, chapter 6, in Everyday Life, MG Hardie, →ISBN, page 105:
   • (see title) 2015, Sam Knight, Tonya De Marco, Petra Klarbrunn, Gilbert De Marco, Bob Satterfield, E. A. Irwin, Elsa Carruthers, Jason Dyer, Nicholas Kretz, Lisa Snow, and R. G. Nojek, edited by Sam Knight, Freakend Madness: Volume 1, volume 1, Publishing Consortium, LLC, →ISBN:

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