gatho

Abbreviation of gathering +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæðəʉ/

gatho (plural gathos)

1. (Australia, informal) A gathering, typically smaller and more relaxed than a party.
   • 2016 November 30, Suzanne Simonot, New Gold Coast music festival to launch on Australia Day at Country Paradise Parklands, Nerang‎, Gold Coast Bulletin, retrieved 22 August 2018:

     "MUSIC, mind and body will converge when a new feel-good ‘gatho’ debuts on the Gold Coast on Australia Day. The inaugural The Gathering Feel Good Festival will bump into Country Paradise Parklands, a sprawling greenfields site at Nerang, on January 26 next year from 11.30am to 10pm."

   • 2017 Angela Mollard, "Our teens are out of control. Why? Because parents are too weak" The Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2018. Accessed 22 August 2018.

     "A friend who had a successful 15th party for her son — no alcohol, everyone checked off at the door, all bags locked in the spare bedroom, extra parents for security, and a finish time of 10.30pm, told me she recently agreed to a small “gatho” a year later."

   • 2018 Leisha Parkinson, "The Awkward Qs You’ll Be Asked At Your Family Gatho" 5Why, 19 February 2017. Accessed 22 August 2018.

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