"Bash" is, in my experience, most commonly used with "Birthday" or other b-words in the title of an event or invitation for an alliterative effect. You wouldn't use it in casual conversation as a …

Feb 3, 2015 · 'The party of 48 chartered a bus for a night on the town including a bash at the Old Forge.' ... 8. In on the bash, on a drunken spree: C.20. Capt. R,W. Campbell, Private Spud …

If you want a short term, "Birthday Boy/Girl" is the standard terminology, informal as it is. If you really need formality, then you will have to use a longer descriptive term such as "the person …

The salutation is usually rendered 'Happy Birthday' for the same reason that 'Treasure Island' is 'Treasure Island' and not 'Treasure island' or 'treasure island' - usage decrees that not only …

Aug 25, 2014 · Birthday: . using the stricter definition, a birthday is the anniversary of one's birth. Anniversary:. is a word used to commemorate special occasions, like weddings, or first dates ( …

Sep 3, 2015 · Further, though it could be applied to siblings born less than 12 months apart, far and away the most common use of the phrase Irish twins is to describe siblings exactly 12 …

I wouldn't be comfortable using these terms as meaning a person's birthday, unless perhaps the person was a major historic figure, such as Abraham Lincoln, and even that would be …

May 1, 2020 · It seems most natural to use "celebrate." "I'm not going to celebrate her birthday." Saying "Congraulate her birthday" would not make as much sense because you would usually …

Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner. I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" …

Mar 31, 2015 · Similarly, we don't say that someone's birthday falls in Halloween, but on Halloween. The fact that we're dealing in the example sentence with a stretch of 14 days …