24/7

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English

Adverb

24/7 (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of twenty-four seven.
    • 2006, Scuba Diving (issues 1-6, page 49)
      He banned spearfishing wherever he could, started the first eco-moorings in the Caribbean, stopped others from coral- and shell-collecting, and had so much fun 24/7 that some unusually powerful people began to hang with him.
    • 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times‎:
      At the same time that I used Woebot, I also volunteered for a crisis text service available 24/7 for people to message in times of need.
    • 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48:
      Secondly, preserved railways are not 24/7 operations. There are closed seasons where they can be turned into open-air classrooms.

Translations

Noun

24/7 (plural 24/7s)

  1. (BDSM) A relationship in which the submissive is available for the dominant at all times.
  2. (ABDL) A lifestyle in which one wears and uses a diaper at all times.

Translations

Adjective

24/7 (not comparable)

  1. (BDSM) Of or relating to a 24/7 relationship.

References

  • Cory J. Cascalheira, Amy Thomson, Liam Wignall (2021) “'A certain evolution': a phenomenological study of 24/7 BDSM and negotiating consent”, in Psychology & Sexuality, volume 13, number 3, →DOI, pages 628–639

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English 24/7, while the reading kaksi(kymmentä) neljä seitsemän is a calque of English twenty-four seven.

Pronunciation

Either as kaksikymmentä neljä seitsemän, kaksi neljä seitsemän or kaksi neljä seiska (the final i of kaksi may be omitted as usual in colloquial pronunciations).

Adverb

24/7

  1. (informal) twenty-four seven

Italian

Adverb

24/7

  1. twenty-four seven

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

24/7 m (plural 24/7s)

  1. (BDSM) twenty-four seven (relationship where the submissive if always available)

Adjective

24/7 m or f (plural 24/7s)

  1. (BDSM) twenty-four seven (of or relating to a 24/7 relationship)
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