I have seen the expression, Happy Hump Day, a lot on the computer. Having recently been told, "...that the work week is typically Monday-Friday so Hump Day is the middle of the week..Wedensday." It's not something that I know about so can someone explain how/where/when/why Hump Day originated? Thank you.
2006-06-29 05:07:10 · 6 answers · asked by rosemary9075 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
An English language idiom for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through the middle of the work week as getting "over the hump". It is also unofficially (and with some irony) referred to as "the peak of the week".
Wednesday is considered either the third or the fourth day of the week, between Tuesday and Thursday. The name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden who was a god of the Anglo-Saxons in England until about the 7th C. AD.
When Sunday is taken as the first of the week, the day in the middle of each week is Wednesday. Arising from this, the German name for Wednesday has been Mittwoch (literally: "mid-week") since the 10th Century, having displaced the former name: Wodanstag. The Finnish name too is of a fairly functional kind: Keskiviikko (literally: "center of the week").
According to the Bible, Wednesday is the day when the Sun and Moon were created.
Wednesday is also in the middle of the common 5-day working week from Monday through Friday.
In Spanish, miércoles is used to mean Wednesday, but also as a semi-rude euphemism for never ever.
An English language idiom for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through the middle of the work week as getting "over the hump". It is also unofficially (and with some irony) referred to as "the peak of the week".
Quakers traditionally refer to Wednesday as "Fourth Day", eschewing the pagan origin of the name "Wednesday". Most eastern languages also use a name with this meaning, for much the same reason. Faithful Orthodox Christians observe a vegetarian / fish-only fast on Wednesdays (and Fridays) in some countries.
2006-06-29 05:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by heartmonger999 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
An English language idiom for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through the middle of the work week as getting "over the hump". It is also unofficially (and with some irony) referred to as "the peak of the week".
2006-06-29 05:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by swordsmanoflight21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "hump day" was first used by the media on a Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station in 1965. It was thought to have been originated by an employee of Pako Corporation.
2006-06-29 05:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hump Day is Wednesday. Considered by us working stiffs -to be the beginning of the end of the work week. "We're over the hump"
and, "It's all down hill from here." The end of the work week is in site.
:)
2006-06-29 05:11:56 · answer #4 · answered by Malika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the origin of the term, other than it signifies the middle (or hump....as in a camel) of the week. But yes, this is a reference to Wednesday.
2006-06-29 05:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by lmnop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard about it but hump days....sounds like fun to me lol
2006-06-29 05:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by metal_bub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋