It’s the Easter holidays. Not half term?!

[StopitSarah]

What is this new craze for calling the school holidays “half term”?! I noticed it a bit in the Christmas holiday and now we’re in the Easter holidays I’m surrounded by random parents who refer to it being half term.

It’s not half term!! It’s the main school holiday!

This isn’t people with no children/grown up children either. It’s people with children currently at school.

If it was a friend saying it I’d ask them what the fudge they were saying. But it’s not - it’s parents at holiday clubs/out and about etc.

”beautiful day to be at the zoo isn’t it?”
”yes, such great weather for half term!”
me “??????”

Not people I feel I can say “it’s not half term?!” to because it’s just casual passing conversation.

But I’m also overheating it being called half term.

Phew. Please stop it if it’s you. Because you’re wrong. It’s not half term. AIBU?

I'm 100% with you too OP. Half term happens about halfway through a term. Then between terms you have the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.

@ParbadosBeach that’s it isn’t it. It’s factually inaccurate. Baffles me.

Exactly, by using the incorrect term they're giving me the wrong information and working in education should know this.

Is not hard to understand surely - half term = half way through a term

I agree OP, it's irritating. Some people just aren't that bright.

I agree with you OP. I've noticed it and agree its irritating - language matters!

You cared enough to open, read and post on the thread, so....

It's not something I find annoying. YABU.

It’s trivial but the kind of thing that would get on my nerves too OP! So I vote YANBU