nine-eleven

British  

noun

1. Also called: September eleven.  the 11th of September 2001, the day on which the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York were flown into and destroyed by aeroplanes hijacked by Islamic fundamentalists

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Etymology

Origin of nine-eleven

C21: from the US custom of expressing dates in figures, the day of the month following the number of the month

Example Sentences

“Nine-eleven was a national convulsion that was shared with varying intensity across the country, and everybody basically agreed it was shocking and terrible,” said Tara O’Toole, a former official in the Homeland Security Department who is a senior fellow at In-Q-Tel, a venture fund backed by the C.I.A.

From New York Times

A 13th restaurant - the Nine-Eleven Tavern - was added to the Buffalo Wing Trail as a bonus “audience favorite.”

From Washington Times

It was a time when you were still supposed to like Bill Cosby; a time when a reference to “nine-eleven” presumably meant someone was trying to call an ambulance or the cops.

From Salon

“Nine-eleven was perpetrated by people in our own government.”

From New York Times

Nine-eleven happened there, not here.

From New York Times