Brekkers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An informal British term for the first meal of the day, eaten after waking up in the morning
2. A casual British word for breakfast, the morning meal taken before starting the day's activities
3. Slang used chiefly in Britain for the early meal eaten to begin the day

Etymology: "Brekkers" is a plural-looking form of "brekker", a British slang word for breakfast. The base word is simply "breakfast" with the suffix "-er" added, the same clipping pattern seen in words like "brekkie" and "elevenses"-style informal coinages, where a meal name is shortened and given a casual ending. Adding "-er" to a meal name is a familiar move in British English, producing forms like "brekker" and, in the plural, "brekkers", which are used as informal everyday terms for the morning meal.

Synonyms: breakfast, brekky