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Black Friday

Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.

ˈblæk ˈfɹaɪdiDocumented since 2000s2000sGen ZCurrent104 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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Born ~2008 · 1 year of recorded use
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#1·Apr 26, 2026

Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.

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  • “Best Buy [$949.00, $150/13.65% off]: 13-inch MacBook Air — Apple M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU — 16GB Memory — 512GB SSD — Silver 🛍 bestbuycreators.7tiv.net/c/6226482/21... Apple BB Black Friday: bestbuycreators.7tiv.net/aOqP2j ⏰ 07:23:30 #BestBuyAffiliate”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I bought parts for my last PC on Black Friday 2024. I bought 64 GB of RAM for $209.99. Price today for the same exact sticks: $979.99”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Pep Boys Auto 2007 Black Friday Ad”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “BBC Radio 1 Dance Radio 1 Dance Morning: with Arielle Free Now Playing Tom Odell & Lost Frequencies Black Friday (pretty like the sun)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Wetsuit a day in May #4 (numbers mixed up): Huub Aegis X Came to me in record time, got during Black Friday after a massive backpay at work came in. The zipper is annoying but man it's a fun suit to wear. Even been in the ocean twice with it! Iconic design.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(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.

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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(possibly, obsolete) Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.

Origin: From 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Best Buy [$1149.00, $150/11.55% off]: 13-inch MacBook Air — Apple M5andnbsp;chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — 16GB Memory — 1TB SSD — Midnight 🛍 bestbuycreators.7tiv.net/c/6226482/21... Apple BB Black Friday: bestbuycreators.7tiv.net/aOqP2j ⏰ 13:01:44 #BestBuyAffiliate”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Guitar Center 2011 Black Friday Ad”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “my mom still reminds me of the horror stories around Tickle Me Elmo lmao, how her and my dad were trying to find just one and how much a nightmare that was. Black Friday every day”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “we buy those on the black friday sale okay”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Lembro de uma black friday que teve Neve a 1,00 o rolo... 🥲”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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