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hump day

hump day noun: wednesday.

Noun

hump day (plural hump days)

  1. (informal) Wednesday.

Forms of hump day

pluralhump days

Origin of hump day

The term alludes to the fact that Wednesday is the middle of the work week, meaning that one has made it "over the hump" towards the weekend.

Questions about hump day

What does hump day mean?
Hump day means wednesday.
What part of speech is hump day?
Hump day is a noun.
What is the plural of hump day?
The plural of hump day is hump days.

Words near hump day in the dictionary

  1. humoursomely
  2. humoursomeness
  3. humous
  4. hump
  5. hump and dump
  6. hump day
  7. hump days
  8. hump dumpling
  9. hump dumplings
  10. hump it
  11. hump slug

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