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blue Monday

American  

noun

  1. a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.


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The facility, which will run the sessions until Easter, was also taking part in "brew Monday" on 19 January, often referred to as blue Monday.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

And it’s a another blue Monday as Everton, gunning for seventh once more, travel to Brighton.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2021

Says President Teruhiko Yamazaki: "The accuracy is better than humans can do, and the machines never have a blue Monday."

From Time Magazine Archive

I remember one blue Monday when the Marshfield News Herald had nine killed-in-action pictures spread across the front page.

From Time Magazine Archive

Labor strikes are terribly disagreeable things to encounter whether in the daily routine of steel mills and railways, or in the kitchen before breakfast on blue Monday.

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)

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