get-togetheradj.n.
/ˈɡɛttəˌɡɛðə/, U.S. /ˈɡɛt(t)əˌɡɛðər/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
A. adj.
Of a social function: that enables people to get together, esp. informally. Also (of attitudes, etc.): favouring social interaction and cooperation.
ΚΠ
1898 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 29 Dec. 982/1 The Get-Together Club is not really an organization; it simply gets together, eats, and talks. Some listen.
1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 556 There is a get-together spirit abroad.
1913 Princeton Alumni Weekly 11 June 722/2 It was simply a ‘get-together’ affair, devoted to song and good fellowship.
1932 News Chron. 23 Sept. 5/2 All passengers greatly enjoyed the Get Together Dance last night.
1945 Jrnl. Philos. 42 367 The get-together spirit of our time launches reforms in symposia.
1958 Punch 1 Jan. 60/3 Accepting one of his hostess's ‘specials’ at one of her now-famous ‘get-together’ parties.
1999 Alumnus Apr. 46/1 Engineering alumni..are invited to a get-together dinner to commemorate their 20th graduation anniversary.
B. n.
A meeting, a gathering; an informal conference; esp. an informal social gathering.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > informal
free and easy1761
sans souci1781
kitchen party1878
get-together1898
lime1956
1898 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 29 Dec. 982/1 At one ‘get-together’ last spring the secretary of the Pratt Institute told about technical education.
1911 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 9 Feb. 12 It was the biggest get-together the organization has ever held.
1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Apr. 24 The newcomer sat down at the table, and the Chief went on to the next object of the get-together.
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xv. 173 Brother Bodkin said as much last time we were having one of our get-togethers.
1959 J. Arden Party i. i, in Plays of Year XVIII. 238 You know Richard, how he really loves a get-together. A party, eh, on Wednesday?
1981 Tundra Times (Alaska) 3 June 9 A potluck dinner..highlighted a get-together sponsored by the Cook Inlet Native Association.
2008 Esquire Sept. 125/1 The meeting was to have been secret... Peppered by lead-up questions, he insisted the get-together was purely social.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1898