Main Entry: (a) Hobbit Birthday
Function: noun
Etymology: coined by J.R.R. Tolkien/Jared Daniel Humphreys
Date: 1937/2008
: A celebration of one’s birthday in which the person being honored selflessly purchases the birthday feast not only for himself, but for the friends that are celebrating with him; paying for something in a way that violates all commonplace birthday etiquette in order to show others one’s love and appreciation for them, instead of vice versa.
: An idea based on the following quote by author J.R.R. Tolkien: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
2 comments:
I have both thrown and attended Hobbit Birthdays...I love paying to have all of my friends in one place...
Tolkien is a genius.
Spread the word on Hobbit Birthday's! They are the BEST.
~Jared
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