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festie

festie noun: a festival.

Noun

festie (plural festies)

  1. (slang) A festival.
    • Spaces are saved for women who need to drive into town to pick up additional supplies, first time festival-goers (“festie virgins”) are welcomed and brought into the fold […]1998, Mary Alice Gebhart, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: Building a Lesbian Community
    • Is it just me, or is there an absolute glut of rock festivals these days? Now, back in the days when I was a gadabout festie-masher, you had your basic four festivals to choose from.2004, New Statesman
  2. (slang) A festival attendee.
    • There was this policy that happened – there was this discussion that happened about – 'You know, you have to talk nicer to people in front of the festies, because that's just not polite. And so you have to be nice and wave at each other. […]2008, Laurie J. Kendall, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: An Amazon Matrix of Meaning

Forms of festie

pluralfesties

Origin of festie

From festival + -ie.

Questions about festie

What does festie mean?
Festie means a festival.
What part of speech is festie?
Festie is a noun.
What is the plural of festie?
The plural of festie is festies.

Words near festie in the dictionary

  1. festers
  2. festery
  3. festgoer
  4. festgoers
  5. Festi
  6. festie
  7. festies
  8. festilogies
  9. festilogy
  10. festinance
  11. festinant

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