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halfsie

halfsie noun: one whose membership in a group is only through one parent or through a partial commitment.

Noun

halfsie (plural halfsies)

  1. One whose membership in a group is only through one parent or through a partial commitment.
    • When she was eighteen, she went on a United Synagogue Youth Tour (one hundred and twenty all-Jewish high schoolers and one halfsie).1976, Susan Berman, Driver, give a soldier a lift, page 110
    • Julie says: I am an atheist, although among family and friends I call myself a "halfsie."1992, Leslie Goodman-Malamuth, Robin Margolis, Between Two Worlds

Forms of halfsie

pluralhalfsies

Origin of halfsie

From half + -sie.

Questions about halfsie

What does halfsie mean?
Halfsie means one whose membership in a group is only through one parent or through a partial commitment.
What part of speech is halfsie?
Halfsie is a noun.
What is the plural of halfsie?
The plural of halfsie is halfsies.

Words near halfsie in the dictionary

  1. halfshafts
  2. halfsib
  3. halfsibling
  4. halfsiblings
  5. halfsibs
  6. halfsie
  7. halfsies
  8. halfsister
  9. halfsisters
  10. halfsleep
  11. halfsmoked

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