Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Slang Continuously; unceasingly.
Wiktionary
- adv. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; continuously.
Etymologies
- Short for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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For Your Convenience
Names for convenience stores, as inspired by this BoingBoing post. As in, "I'm going to the ______ to grab some milk and a pack of smokes."
corner store, bodega, party store, jiffy store, コンビニ, mama shop, package store, deli, tendita, vacita, pitzuchiya, makolet and 50 more...
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alexz I first heard this in the mid nineties. This book 24/7 is from 1994
http://goo.gl/lcNQo
Jan 9, 2013