Definition of unbirthday in English:
unbirthday
nounʌnˈbəːθdeɪˌənˈbərθdeɪ
humorous Any day except one's birthday.
as modifier an unbirthday present
Example sentencesExamples
- Having demonstrated to his own satisfaction, if not Alice's, that unbirthday presents are to be preferred because people can have them more often, he adds triumphantly, There's glory for you!
- And Mrs Du Faur may have been the first and last person to celebrate ‘unbirthdays’.
- They can draw money out of 401 plans and IRAs to celebrate their unbirthdays or prepare for their big 60th bashes.
- And, as Humpty Dumpty noted: ‘There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get unbirthday presents’.
- I wanted to buy you an unbirthday cake as a surprise.
- Ahhh, but there are three hundred and sixty four unbirthdays!
- If you are under the age of, say, eight, you'll think this is your very own unbirthday present.
Origin
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass.
Definition of unbirthday in US English:
unbirthday
nounˌənˈbərTHdāˌənˈbərθdeɪ
humorous Any day except one's birthday.
as modifier an unbirthday present
Example sentencesExamples
- And Mrs Du Faur may have been the first and last person to celebrate ‘unbirthdays’.
- If you are under the age of, say, eight, you'll think this is your very own unbirthday present.
- Having demonstrated to his own satisfaction, if not Alice's, that unbirthday presents are to be preferred because people can have them more often, he adds triumphantly, There's glory for you!
- I wanted to buy you an unbirthday cake as a surprise.
- And, as Humpty Dumpty noted: ‘There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get unbirthday presents’.
- Ahhh, but there are three hundred and sixty four unbirthdays!
- They can draw money out of 401 plans and IRAs to celebrate their unbirthdays or prepare for their big 60th bashes.
Origin
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass.