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It might be time to give the lexicographers a nudge — wonder if the folk behind the Oxford English Dictionary work over Christmas?

Their learned tome defines Crimbo as a slang term for the festive period, “especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects” and cites its first printed usage in 1928.

The 2025 edition needs to include a variant: 

 — the good thing which spreads joy by paying for those secular and commercial aspects.

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SUNNYVILLA Ridden by Danny McMenamin wins at Haydock 21/12//24Photograph by Grossick Racing Photography 0771 046 1723

ASCOT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Jonathan Burke riding Crambo (pink) clear the last to win The Howden Long Walk Hurdle  at Ascot Racecourse on December 21, 2024 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

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Crimbo? More like Crambo - the good thing which spreads festive joy

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