blue monday: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

No, it is a concept popularised by a travel company's press release in 2005. Psychologists and scientists generally reject the formula as lacking empirical validity, though it taps into real cultural feelings.

Yes, in informal use. While the capitalised term refers to the specific January date, you can use it generically (e.g., 'What a blue Monday!') to describe any particularly dreary start to the week.

'Blue' is a general adjective for sadness. 'Blue Monday' specifically links that sadness to the cultural and contextual factors associated with a Monday, particularly in January, creating a compound cultural reference point.

Only indirectly. The song (1983) predates the modern 'most depressing day' concept and uses 'Blue Monday' as a evocative phrase for recurring sadness. The popularity of the phrase likely comes from both the song and the later media concept.

A Monday, typically the third one in January, popularly regarded as the most depressing day of the year due to a combination of bad weather, post-holiday blues, debt from Christmas, failed New Year's resolutions, and the return to routine.

Blue monday is usually informal, journalistic, colloquial. used in media, casual conversation, and pop psychology. in register.

Blue monday: in British English it is pronounced /ˌbluː ˈmʌndeɪ/, and in American English it is pronounced /ˌbluː ˈmʌndeɪ/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.