Bare Minimum Mondays

Bare Minimum Mondays noun: the trend of doing as little as possible at work on Mondays in order to reduce stress during the rest of the week.

Noun (1)

Bare Minimum Mondays pl (normally plural, singular Bare Minimum Monday)

(Internet, neologism, plural, plural-normally) The trend of doing as little as possible at work on Mondays in order to reduce stress during the rest of the week.
- Bare Minimum Monday has its roots in self-care, but many would argue it has been going on for years, just without a buzzy moniker to make it a social media trend.2023 February 27, Martha Alexander, “Have you been having a Bare Minimum Monday?”, in Evening Standard, London, page 20
- Unfortunately, in a generally conservative work environment where work is sparse, practicing Bare Minimum Mondays regularly might adversely affect an employee’s career or even get the said employee fired.2023 June 7, Gilberto Lauengco, “Bare minimum Mondays, quiet quitting, pushback of the youth”, in Philippine News Agency, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023

bare minimum Mondays

singular	Bare Minimum Monday

What does Bare Minimum Mondays mean?: Bare Minimum Mondays means the trend of doing as little as possible at work on Mondays in order to reduce stress during the rest of the week.
What part of speech is Bare Minimum Mondays?: Bare Minimum Mondays is a noun.

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