"Black Friday" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Black Fridays [plural]
Etymology: From black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as "Black Friday". Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive "etymology" (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red'). Etymology templates: {{m|en|black||bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster}} black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|head=Black Friday}} Black Friday (plural Black Fridays)
  1. Synonym of Friday the thirteenth (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”). Synonyms: Friday the thirteenth [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:any_Friday_the_13th
  2. (possibly obsolete) Good Friday. Tags: obsolete, possibly Categories (topical): Observances, Thanksgiving Related terms: boxing day Coordinate_terms: Black Monday, Black Tuesday, Black Thursday
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:Good_Friday__archaically Disambiguation of Observances: 5 13 4 6 37 35 Disambiguation of Thanksgiving: 4 10 3 8 39 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 42 4 10 14 14
  3. Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:any_of_certain_historically_bad_Fridays
  4. Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
    (Internet slang, poker, historical) The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers.
    Tags: Internet, historical Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:any_of_certain_historically_bad_Fridays1 Topics: card-games, poker
  5. (US, Canada, UK, business, retailing) The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK. Tags: Canada, UK, US Categories (topical): Business, Christmas, Observances, Thanksgiving
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:day_after_US_Thanksgiving__a_busy_shopping_day Disambiguation of Christmas: 6 20 3 8 39 24 Disambiguation of Observances: 5 13 4 6 37 35 Disambiguation of Thanksgiving: 4 10 3 8 39 36 Categories (other): American English, British English, Canadian English Topics: business, commerce, retailing
  6. (by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday). Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Observances, Thanksgiving Translations (sales period involving heavy price reductions): الْجُمُعَة السَّوْدَاء (alt: al-jumuʕa(t) as-sawdāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), الجُمُعَة الْبَيْضَاء (alt: al-jumuʕa(t) al-bayḍāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), 黑色星期五 (hak¹ sik¹ sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑色星期五 (Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑五 (Hēiwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), nigra vendredo (Esperanto), vendredi fou [masculine] (French), შავი პარასკევი (šavi ṗarasḳevi) (Georgian), Schlussverkauf [masculine] (German), ブラックフライデー (burakkufuraidē) (Japanese), czarny piątek [masculine] (Polish), liquidaciones [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Black_Friday-en-name-en:busy_sales_weekend_after_US_Thanksgiving__metonymically Disambiguation of Observances: 5 13 4 6 37 35 Disambiguation of Thanksgiving: 4 10 3 8 39 36 Disambiguation of 'sales period involving heavy price reductions': 9 21 2 7 9 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day): divendres negre (Catalan), 黑色星期五 (hak¹ sik¹ sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑色星期五 (Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), vendredi fou [masculine] (French), vendredi noir [masculine] (French), Black Friday [masculine] (French), venres negro [masculine] (Galician), შავი პარასკევი (šavi ṗarasḳevi) (Georgian), Black Friday [masculine] (German), fekete péntek (Hungarian), ブラックフライデー (burakkufuraidē) (Japanese), Қара жұма (Qara jūma) (Kazakh), Ndaʼiiníísh Łizhingo bee Wójíhígíí (Navajo), Ndaʼiinííshjį́ Diigisii (Navajo), czarny piątek [masculine] (Polish), Black Friday [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), Sexta-Feira Negra [feminine] (Portuguese), Vinerea Neagră [feminine] (Romanian), Black Friday [feminine] (Romanian), viernes negro [masculine] (Spanish), Black Friday [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day': 3 8 2 7 43 37

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
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      "_dis1": "3 8 2 7 43 37",
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      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
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      ],
      "word": "viernes negro"
    },
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      "_dis1": "3 8 2 7 43 37",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Black Friday"
  ],
  "word": "Black Friday"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Christmas",
    "en:Observances",
    "en:Thanksgiving"
  ],
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      "word": "Black Monday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Black Tuesday"
    },
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      "word": "Black Thursday"
    }
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        "2": "black",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster"
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  "etymology_text": "From black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as \"Black Friday\". Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive \"etymology\" (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red').",
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      "form": "Black Fridays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "word": "boxing day"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Friday the thirteenth (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”)."
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        [
          "Friday the thirteenth",
          "Friday the thirteenth#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "en:any Friday the 13th"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”)",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Friday the thirteenth"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Good Friday."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Good Friday",
          "Good Friday"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly obsolete) Good Friday."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Good Friday, archaically"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catastrophe",
          "catastrophe"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:any of certain historically bad Fridays"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English internet slang",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Poker"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.",
        "The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catastrophe",
          "catastrophe"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
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          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.",
        "(Internet slang, poker, historical) The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:any of certain historically bad Fridays",
        "en:Friday, April 15, 2011, in poker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "British English",
        "Canadian English",
        "en:Business"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: Cyber Monday"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "Thanksgiving Day",
          "Thanksgiving Day"
        ],
        [
          "Christmas season",
          "Christmas season"
        ],
        [
          "shopping",
          "shopping"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, UK, business, retailing) The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:day after US Thanksgiving, a busy shopping day"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "US"
      ],
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        "business",
        "commerce",
        "retailing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Thanksgiving Day",
          "Thanksgiving Day"
        ],
        [
          "Cyber Monday",
          "Cyber Monday"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:busy sales weekend after US Thanksgiving, metonymically"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "divendres negre"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hak¹ sik¹ sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "黑色星期五"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "黑色星期五"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendredi fou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendredi noir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "venres negro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šavi ṗarasḳevi",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "შავი პარასკევი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "fekete péntek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "burakkufuraidē",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "ブラックフライデー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Qara jūma",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "Қара жұма"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "Ndaʼiiníísh Łizhingo bee Wójíhígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "word": "Ndaʼiinííshjį́ Diigisii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarny piątek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sexta-Feira Negra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vinerea Neagră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viernes negro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Black Friday"
    },
    {
      "alt": "al-jumuʕa(t) as-sawdāʔ",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "الْجُمُعَة السَّوْدَاء"
    },
    {
      "alt": "al-jumuʕa(t) al-bayḍāʔ",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "الجُمُعَة الْبَيْضَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hak¹ sik¹ sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "黑色星期五"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "黑色星期五"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hēiwǔ",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "黑五"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "nigra vendredo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendredi fou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šavi ṗarasḳevi",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "შავი პარასკევი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlussverkauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "burakkufuraidē",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "word": "ブラックフライデー"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarny piątek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sales period involving heavy price reductions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "liquidaciones"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Black Friday"
  ],
  "word": "Black Friday"
}

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