hump day
noun
variants
or less commonly Hump Day
chiefly US, informal
: Wednesday regarded as the middle point of the workweek
Hump day is past and it's time to start thinking about the sunny weekend ahead of us, Nashville!—
Tabitha Waggoner
Tabitha WaggonerExamples of hump day in a Sentence
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That's it for this hump day and my first of two relief appearances.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
The gecko, the caveman, the camel who celebrated hump day—all these were marketing masterstrokes, ones directly derived from Buffett’s deep understanding of the mass-brand/mass-media industrial complex.
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Adam Seessel,
Fortune,
30 Dec. 2025
On Wednesday, Hopkins, 84, celebrated the week's hump day — and the popular Netflix series Wednesday — by marking up his right hand to match the scars of the Addams Family's Thing to perform an impression of the character.
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Tommy McArdle,
Peoplemag,
22 Dec. 2022
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
The gecko, the caveman, the camel who celebrated hump day—all these were marketing masterstrokes, ones directly derived from Buffett’s deep understanding of the mass-brand/mass-media industrial complex.
—
Adam Seessel,
Fortune,
30 Dec. 2025
On Wednesday, Hopkins, 84, celebrated the week's hump day — and the popular Netflix series Wednesday — by marking up his right hand to match the scars of the Addams Family's Thing to perform an impression of the character.
—
Tommy McArdle,
Peoplemag,
22 Dec. 2022
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“Hump day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hump%20day. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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