"suicide Tuesday" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-suicide Tuesday.ogg [Australia] Forms: suicide Tuesdays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: slang Synonyms: mid-week blues, ecstasy Tuesday, Tuesday blues Translations (midweek party drug hangover): dinsdagdip [common-gender] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-suicide_Tuesday-en-noun-NxEJmO3a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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