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twenty-five/eight

twenty-five/eight adverb: unceasingly.

Adverb

twenty-five/eight (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, excessive) Unceasingly.
    • “Dang!” Tempest shook her head and rolled her eyes. “You make it sound like homie hangs downtown twenty-five/eight.”2002, Zane, The Heat Seekers, page 184

Noun

twenty-five-eight (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Unwavering constancy.
    • “Folks, we got a job to do for our world. For our species. For every species on this planet. Can I count on you, and I mean all of you, twenty-four-seven until we resolve this thing? I’ll be right there beside you. First on the field, last off. You work with me twenty-four-seven, I’ll give you...2007, Darren Dowler, The War of Angels, page 117
    • “I hear you, but I can’t stay on her twenty-four-seven. I won’t.”
      “And I hear you, but she needs twenty-five-eight. You take the risk.”2009, Michele Grant, Heard It All Before, page 197

Forms of twenty-five/eight

alternative formtwenty-five-eight

Origin of twenty-five/eight

An alteration of twenty-four/seven, implying “twenty-five hours a day, eight days a week”.

Questions about twenty-five/eight

What does twenty-five/eight mean?
Twenty-five/eight means unceasingly.
What part of speech is twenty-five/eight?
Twenty-five/eight can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near twenty-five/eight in the dictionary

  1. twenty-five cent word
  2. twenty-five cent words
  3. twenty-five-eight
  4. twenty-five-thousander
  5. twenty-five-thousanders
  6. twenty-five/eight
  7. twenty-foot equivalent unit
  8. twenty-foot equivalent units
  9. twenty-four
  10. twenty-four hour clock
  11. twenty-four hour clocks

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