V-Day

American  

[vee-dey] / ˈviˌdeɪ /

noun

1. a day of final military victory.

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V-Day British  

noun

1. a day nominated to celebrate victory, as in V-E Day or V-J Day in World War II

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Etymology

Origin of V-Day

First recorded in 1940–45; short for Victory Day

Example Sentences

As an activist, Solters worked with the groups One Billion Rising and V-Day in campaigns dedicated to ending violence against women.

From Los Angeles Times

North Kore calls the date “the V-Day” or “the War Victory Day.”

From Washington Times

In his memoir, he said that the public viewed the death of bin Laden “as the closest we’d likely ever get to a V-Day.”

From Washington Post

Two years after that success she founded V-Day, which has raised piles of money to fight violence against women and girls around the world: Galentine, with gravitas.

From New York Times

Then V-Day came and kicked things up several notches.

From Salon