Meanings
plural Spooktobers
- InternethumorousSynonym of October.
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In developing a new theme for this year’s rounds of Spooktober posts, we decided to look beyond the realm of strictly horror games to cover a topic that we hadn’t touched on before, one that encompasses games generally and allows for a little “outside the box” thinking. Our Spooktober theme this year is “The Horror that Surrounds.”
2024 October 3, CARY, “Spooktober: The Horror that Surrounds”, in VIRTUAL BASTIONSynonyms: October
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of October.
Origin
Blend of spooky + October, from the association of Halloween with October.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Spooktober. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spooktober
“Spooktober.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spooktober. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spooktober,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spooktober.
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