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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Among Indians any great feast, like the dance of the ayash tyucotz described in the preceding chapter, is not followed by the blue Monday with which modern civilization is often afflicted.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse