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Summerween
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English
Etymology
First use appears c. 2012. en summer Halloween. Originally coined in the animated TV series Gravity Falls.Steven Kurutz Halloween in July? Welcome to ‘Summerween.’ 2024-07-17 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/style/halloween-summerween.html The term “Summerween” originated on “Gravity Falls,” an animated mystery TV series that had a two-season run on the Disney Channel and is now available on Disney+. / In Season 1, episode 12, which premiered Oct. 5, 2012, the residents of the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Ore., love Halloween so much that they decide to celebrate twice a year. For the summertime version, they carve jack-o-melons instead of pumpkins and tell tales of the Summerween Trickster, a creature that eats children who don’t show Summerween spirit. https://web.archive.org/web/20251104024308/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/style/halloween-summerween.html 4 November 2025 1
Proper noun
A summertime redux of Halloween.
References
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