How to pronounce“friendsgiving”in English

Friendsgiving can be whatever you want it to be.

Friendsgiving is just such a great way to reinvent old traditions, even if you don't have this beautiful colonial house that you think you're supposed to have when you're a grownup,

OH YEAH FRIENDSGIVING!!! But, contrary to popular opinion, Friendsgiving did not start with Friends.

Which probably helped hashtag Friendsgiving as a topic become more visible on social media.

Jacqueline: Happy Friendsgiving! From there, Friendsgiving has stuck around.

"...to your Friendsgiving..." "...to Friendsgiving..."

I feel like Friendsgiving is the most millennial concept to ever exist.

The actual use of the word “Friendsgiving” doesn’t show up until 2007 in Usenet and Twitter posts.

So, it turns out Friendsgiving comes from the early era of hashtags, which is really funny.

The hit '90s TV sitcom “Friends” has been associated with the popularization of “Friendsgiving.” Cameron: "Friendsgiving..." Stefan: "Friendsgiving..." Lawrence: "Friendsgiving..."

According to Google search data, the word “Friendsgiving” itself doesn't have significant mentions until 2013.

Traditions often change over time, and Friendsgiving is a reflection of the social and cultural waves millennials were creating in the 2010s.

With millennials redefining culture and making new traditions, Friendsgiving grew into a celebration where you gathered with people outside your given family,

And, right there is about where the rules defining Friendsgiving stop.

Outside of the misstated history of Thanksgiving, the word Friendsgiving appeared during a time of great economic upheaval around the world.

*intelligible arguing* Monica: “Alright, stop it, stop it, stop it.” Chandler : “Now, this feels like Thanksgiving.” Why Friendsgiving emerged around 2007 could also be indicative of what was happening around that time.

Maybe they were trying to do a more low key Thanksgiving so, more of a potluck situation, which I think a Friendsgiving sort of implies.