"twenty-five/eight" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: twenty-five-eight [alternative]
Etymology: An alteration of twenty-four/seven, implying “twenty-five hours a day, eight days a week”. Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=twenty-five/eight}} twenty-five/eight (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial, hyperbolic) Unceasingly. Tags: colloquial, excessive, not-comparable Related terms: 110%, a hundred and ten percent, give 110% Translations (colloquial, hyperbolic: unceasingly): sans arrêt (French), non-stop (French), sans mollir (French), sans débander (French), sin cesar (Spanish), sin respiro (Spanish), sin aflojar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-twenty-five/eight-en-adv-e9T6MlgA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 99 1

Noun

Forms: twenty-five-eight [canonical], twenty-five-eight [alternative]
Etymology: An alteration of twenty-four/seven, implying “twenty-five hours a day, eight days a week”. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=twenty-five-eight}} twenty-five-eight (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) Unwavering constancy. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-twenty-five/eight-en-noun-ylmeD~P1

Alternative forms

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