"Hump day" is a slang term for Wednesday. If you think of the work week as a hill, shaped like a camel's hump, you spend Monday and Tuesday climbing up the hill. On Wednesday you are at the top of the "hump," and after that it's easier because you are going downhill, speeding towards the weekend.
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