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blue Monday
Is this fequently used to mean the depressive
day after the weekend?
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Default Re: blue Monday

Here's what Brande & C provide:

Blue Monday, (a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). (b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.

In my dialect, (b) is more common than (a).
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