Hallowe'ekend

A form of halloweekend — The weekend where Halloween falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Halloweekend.

    HALLOWE'EKEND. The terrifying party doesn't stop: keep going all weekend.

    2013 October 24, HK Magazine, “Halloween^([sic]) Parties and Events in Hong Kong”, in South China Morning Post, Tai Po, New Territories: SCMP Group, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    Since many of us wanted to go to the Hallowe'ekend extravaganza in a small mountain town a la South Park, we put two and two together (or toe and toe, as in a pas de deux) and ordered tickets as soon as we could convince our bosses of the value of a Friday off.

    1998 October 10, Aye, who's asking whom?, “One last word about the IH ticket scream fest”, in alt.music.moxy-fruvous (Usenet), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2025

    The Record Collector + Videology present Crebunculous Rising! A Hallowe’ekend Macabre with special guests Hella Go-Go 8:30 p.m. at The Blue Note; […]

    2011 October 23, “Music & Performing Arts”, in Columbia Daily Tribune, volume CXI, number 42, Columbia, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3C, column 4

    Want to see the TechForge Occult in the flesh? This fearsome modded PC is coming with us to Epic.LAN for the Hallowe’ekend. Come check out our booth and experience the horrors for yourself – if you dare!

    2025 October 24, Emily Haylock, “A Spine-Tingling Hallowe’en PC: TechForge Occult”, in Overclockers UK, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: OCUK, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2025

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

Hallowe'ekend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hallowe'ekend

MLA

“Hallowe'ekend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hallowe'ekend. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hallowe'ekend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hallowe'ekend.

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