Meanings
proper noun
- The United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.
The City, in clear violation of the principle of the separation of church and state, hung banners all along the new (buycentennial-made) Chestnut Street Transitway and the Parkway, proclaiming: "Jesus, the bread of life."
1976 August 28, Tommi Avicolli, “Dyketactics Hexes Church at Eucharistic Meet”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 3
Origin
Blend of buy + bicentennial.
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APA
buycentennial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buycentennial
MLA
“buycentennial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buycentennial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buycentennial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buycentennial.
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