クリぼっち

expression

spending Christmas alone

Colloquial blend of クリスマス (Christmas) and ぼっち (alone, from ひとりぼっち). Used self-deprecatingly or humorously to describe being alone on Christmas.

See also: ぼっち

• 今年ことしもクリぼっちか…。

  Looks like I'm spending Christmas alone again this year...

• 友とも達だちに「クリぼっちでしょ？」って言いわれた。

  My friend said to me, 'You're gonna be alone on Christmas, right?'