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hump day

or Hump Day

[ huhmp-dey ]

/ ˈhʌmp ˌdeɪ /

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noun Informal.

Wednesday, the halfway point in a typical work week: If business is slow midweek, try offering half-price drinks on hump day.

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Origin of hump day

First recorded in 1955–60; (over the) hump + day

Words nearby hump day

hump, humpback, humpbacked, humpback salmon, humpback whale, hump day, humped, humped cattle, Humperdinck, humph, Humphrey

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How to use hump day in a sentence

Good morning, Marketers, Corporate moved me to the Wednesday slot for the newsletter – to cheer you up on hump day.
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He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
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For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
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“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
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In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
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The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.
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British Dictionary definitions for hump day

hump day

noun

informal the middle day of the working week, usually Wednesday

Word Origin for hump day

C20: see hump (sense 5)

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