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suicide Tuesday

suicide Tuesday noun: the depressive period that typically occurs midweek, nominally on the Tuesday, following weekend (Friday or Saturday) use of party drugs such as ecstasy.

Noun

suicide Tuesday (plural suicide Tuesdays)

  1. (slang) The depressive period that typically occurs midweek, nominally on the Tuesday, following weekend (Friday or Saturday) use of party drugs such as ecstasy.
    • It was an Ecstasy party, but Amy abstained from the “soft” drug. […] She knew the side effects, such as “Suicide Tuesday” that occur after the drug has depleted the serotonin levels in the brain. But she didn′t want to be a party pooper.2001, June Marshall, The Dirty Seven: Ladies Beware!, AIL New Media, US, page 123
    • It is called Suicide Tuesday because, as the name suggests, users feel so awful, they just want to die. For chronic meth users, the effects on the brain can grow, making each succeeding Suicide Tuesday that much more intense and the desire to get high again that much greater.2005, Duncan Osborne, Suicide Tuesday: Gay Men and the Crystal Meth Scare, Carroll & Graf, US, quoted in 2011, Michael Shelton, Gay Men and Substance Abuse, Hazelden, US, page 26
    Synonyms:
    mid-week blues, ecstasy Tuesday, Tuesday blues

Synonyms of suicide Tuesday

  • mid-week blues
  • ecstasy Tuesday
  • Tuesday blues

Forms of suicide Tuesday

pluralsuicide Tuesdays

Questions about suicide Tuesday

What does suicide Tuesday mean?
Suicide Tuesday means the depressive period that typically occurs midweek, nominally on the Tuesday, following weekend (Friday or Saturday) use of party drugs such as ecstasy.
What part of speech is suicide Tuesday?
Suicide Tuesday is a noun.
What is the plural of suicide Tuesday?
The plural of suicide Tuesday is suicide Tuesdays.

Words near suicide Tuesday in the dictionary

  1. suicide tourism
  2. suicide tourist
  3. suicide tourists
  4. suicide tree
  5. suicide trees
  6. suicide Tuesday
  7. suicide Tuesdays
  8. suicide vest
  9. suicide vests
  10. suicide victim
  11. suicide victims

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