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Itasan Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Hump Wednesday

0 Do you frequently use the term 'hump Wednesday'? 02br
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0 Hi, 02br 00I've never heard that specific expression. 02br 02br 00However, perhaps you are thinking of 'I'm over the hump', meaning I have done most of the work, or the most difficult part of the work, for some task. 02br 00So, when we consider the week as a task, by the end of Wednesday you could say 'We're over the hump'.

— Clive

  • 0 Hi, 02br 00I've never heard that specific expression.
  • 02br 02br 00However, perhaps you are thinking of 'I'm over the hump', meaning I have done most of the work, or the most difficult part of the work, for some task.
  • 02br 00So, when we consider the week as a task, by the end of Wednesday you could say 'We're over the hump'.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, 02br 00Clive 02br 0-
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0 Hi, 02br
00I've never heard that specific expression. 02br
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00However, perhaps you are thinking of 'I'm over the hump', meaning I have done most of the work, or the most difficult part of the work, for some task. 02br
00So, when we consider the week as a task, by the end of Wednesday you could say 'We're over the hump'. 02br
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0 Personally, frequently, no, Itasan but when it's appropriate, yes. 02br
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00For example, it's used when one is having a tough/hard/difficult week and after hump Wednesday, it can mean, "it's a coast to the weekend" or at least, "I only have two more days of this". 02br
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00Google gave 193,000 hits. I guess that's frequent enough. 0-
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0 Where I live we don't say "hump Wednesday" much, that I know of. 02br
00What we do say (on Wednesday) is "It's hump day (today)" or "Today is hump day." 02br
00More than half of the five-day work week is finished when Wednesday is finished. You are "over the hump". 02br
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00"hump" also means to have sexual intercourse, so it's not the most formal
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yes I hear the term frequently. Canadians on average have *** twice a week. Once on Sunday, their day off and once in the middle of the week; thus "Hump Wednesday.
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Anonymousyes I hear the term frequently. Canadians on average have *** twice a week. Once on Sunday, their day off and once in the middle of the week; thus "Hump Wednesday.
That's a good one!
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Hi,

. . . Canadians on average have *** twice a week. Once on Sunday, their day off and once in the middle of the week . . .

How can Sunday be their day off, if they have to have *** on it? Does the work never end?

Clive
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