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Texpatriate community

Texpatriate community

7.2
A group of people from Texas who live outside Texas
  • noun
  • /tɛkˈspætriət kəˈmjunɪti/
  • US
translation icon : comunidad de Texpatriados
  • The Texpatriate community in New York holds annual cultural festivals to celebrate Texas traditions.

Examples

  • She joined a Texpatriate community group online to connect with fellow Texans living overseas.

  • During the holiday season, the Texpatriate community gathered to share memories of home-cooked Texan meals.

  • The Texpatriate community in California is vibrant.

  • Many members of the Texpatriate community gather for events.

  • During the holiday season, the Texpatriate community gathered to share memories of home-cooked Texan meals.

  • She joined a Texpatriate community group online to connect with fellow Texans living overseas.

  • The Texpatriate community in New York holds annual cultural festivals to celebrate Texas traditions.

Surface Forms

Texpatriate community singular
Texpatriate communities plural

Morphology

Texpatriate + community

The phrase is built from recognizable pieces (Tex-/Texas or Texan + expatriate + community), so the idea ‘people from Texas living outside Texas’ can be derived by a learner who knows those constituents. However, 'Texpatriate' is a creative, nonstandard blend and requires noticing the morpheme boundary (Tex- + expatriate), so it is not fully predictable for all B1 learners.

Etymology

Texpatriate community comes from joining Tex, short for people from Texas, and expatriate, meaning 'a person who lives away from their home'. The simple picture is Texans living away from Texas who meet as a group, so the phrase means 'a group of people originally from Texas who are living outside the state'.