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Friendsgiving
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Etymology
en friends Thanksgiving, coined in the late 20th century and popularized in the 2010s.en https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5605483/friendsgiving-thanksgiving-friends-history-tips Rachel Treisman 2025-11-19 2025-11-21 NPR Friendsgiving history and etiquette, explained : NPR Word of the Week https://web.archive.org/web/20251209085241/https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5605483/friendsgiving-thanksgiving-friends-history-tips 9 December 2025
Noun
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A Thanksgiving feast held by and for someone's friends.
en 2011-11-22 Happy Friendsgiving Alyce Gilligan Relevant 1543-317X http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/27395-happy-friendsgiving That means a holiday traditionally celebrated with family could be a very lonely affair. But, never fear, this year discover the joy of a “Friendsgiving”—a Thanksgiving with friends. 5 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130207185940/http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/27395-happy-friendsgiving 7 February 2013
en 2012 Cash Costello Elgg 1.8 Social Networking Birmingham Packt Publishing 9781849511308 9 http://books.google.com/books?id=DqZPK_npCiIC&pg=PT10&dq=Friendsgiving I would like to thank my friends, who make Friendsgiving the best holiday of the year.
en 2012-11-18 'Friendsgiving' celebrates friends with Pittsfield students John Sakata w:The Berkshire Eagle 0895-8793 Palardy, who has a learning disability and deals with medical challenges, was one of more than two dozen from the Best Buddies club — or about four tables full — who came together for a special "Friendsgiving" Italian meal in Lenox at Trottoria Il Vesuvio in a special acknowledgment of thanks to friendship shortly before Thanksgiving.
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