Meanings
- uncountableTime spent enjoyably with family, friends, or one's partner.
All of this leaves a gap for families to spend quality time together in a relaxed atmosphere – and that is where the Twixmas breaks have come in.
2014 December 28, Gareth Rubin, “Families find a haven with Twixmas breaks”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - uncountableTime spent by working parents with their children, especially time given over to productive or creative attention.
Here, Dracula frets about growing old without a romantic partner (his wife died years ago), while Mavis worries that her working relationship with her dad running their hotel is cutting down on quality time.
2018 July 10, Jesse Hassenger, “Improbably but amusingly, Hotel Transylvania 3 notches a series best”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2018
Origin
Originally American English, early 1970s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish laatuaika
- laatuaikatime dedicated to one's children
Norwegian Bokmål kvalitetstid
- kvalitetstidtime dedicated to one's children
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