Meanings
alternative twenty-five-eight
- colloquialexcessivenot comparableUnceasingly.
“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
alternative twenty-five-eight
- colloquialuncountableUnwavering constancy.
“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 1971 more example
“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 twenty-five-eight. Can I count on you?”
2007, Darren Dowler, The War of Angels, page 117
Origin
An alteration of twenty-four/seven, implying “twenty-five hours a day, eight days a week”.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sans arrêt, non-stop
- sans arrêtcolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
- non-stopcolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
- sans mollircolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
- sans débandercolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
Spanish sin cesar, sin respiro
- sin cesarcolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
- sin respirocolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
- sin aflojarcolloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly
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twenty-five/eight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-five%2Feight
“twenty-five/eight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-five%2Feight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twenty-five/eight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-five%2Feight.
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