M-day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of M-day
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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There's ample time for a backlash against the backlash as M-day draws closer and people start feeling millennial peer pressure to make impressive plans.
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New York provided an extraordinary juxtaposition of moods as the Mets won the World Series the day after M-day.
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San Francisco State College President S. I. Hayakawa, a hero to California conservatives for his rhadamanthine handling of student demonstrators in the past, serenely denied that M-day was being observed on his campus.
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Perhaps the most remarkable press reaction to M-day came not from the editorial writers and columnists, but from rank-and-file newsmen.
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The Detroit News concluded that M-day had probably encouraged the enemy but added that it had also "served as a national safety valve for the venting of frustrations, legitimate and otherwise."
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