fridaybrave
/ˈfraɪdeɪˌbreɪv/nounVerified NewThe Friday-evening state of confidence in which a person commits the weekend to more projects than the weekend can hold.
At six on Friday the garage can be cleared, the fence painted, and the shelves hung; by Sunday afternoon one hinge has moved. The gap between fridaybrave and Sunday reality is stable and repeats weekly, which is why nobody learns from it. The word names the mood, not the failure.
Etym. — friday + brave — courage issued by the calendar. The allusion is to battlefield bravery, deflated by Saturday morning.
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