suicide Tuesday
n.— «“People take ecstasy Saturday night and they feel great and then on Tuesday, they crash,” a phenomenon he calls “Suicide Tuesday.”» —“Ecstasy: From Overseas To Our Streets” by Bryn Nelson, Dan Morrison Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) Jan. 16, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spanish-language adventure novel, an account of 19th-century dictionary wars, and a gorgeously illustrated...
There’s an English word for “sleep during daytime”: nap. But is there a word for “a period of nighttime wakefulness,” aside from spelling nap backwards as pan? The French have a lovely word for this state, dorveille, a...