English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]2012. Blend of summer + Halloween. Originally coined in animated TV series Gravity Falls.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Summerween
- A summertime redux of Halloween.
References
[edit]- ^ Steven Kurutz (2024 July 17) “Halloween in July? Welcome to ‘Summerween.’”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- The term “Summerween” originated on “Gravity Falls,” an animated mystery TV series that had a two-season run on the Disney Channel and is now available on Disney+. [Prior to the launch of Disney+ in 2019, it was available on Netflix.] / In Season 1, episode 12, which premiered Oct. 5, 2012, the residents of the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Ore., love Halloween so much that they decide to celebrate twice a year. For the summertime version, they carve jack-o-melons instead of pumpkins and tell tales of the Summerween Trickster, a creature that eats children who don’t show Summerween spirit.