black friday

black Fri·day

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blak frahy-dey, -dee]
- /blæk ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blak frahy-dey, -dee]
- /blæk ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/

Definitions of black friday words

noun black friday the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season 3
noun black friday September 24, 1869, the date of a financial panic sparked by gold speculators. 1
noun black friday the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days because of discounts offered by retailers. 1

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Origin of black friday

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70; from black in the sense “marked by disaster or misfortune”; the 1951 sense “day after Thanksgiving” originally so called from the troublesome traffic caused by shoppers and later re-explained with reference to the use of black ink to record business profits

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Parts of speech for Black friday

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black friday popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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