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Mondayitis

Mondayitis noun: the tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend.

Noun

Mondayitis (uncountable)

  1. The tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend.

Origin of Mondayitis

From Monday + -itis. The term has been widely used in Australia for decades. Popularity of the term in the USA may be traceable to its use in the US comedy film Office Space (1999).

Questions about Mondayitis

What does Mondayitis mean?
Mondayitis means the tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend.
What part of speech is Mondayitis?
Mondayitis is a noun.

Words near Mondayitis in the dictionary

  1. Mondayised
  2. Mondayises
  3. Mondayish
  4. Mondayishness
  5. Mondayising
  6. Mondayitis
  7. Mondayization
  8. Mondayize
  9. Mondayized
  10. Mondayizes
  11. Mondayizing

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