suicide Tuesday
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Meaning · English
The depressive period that typically occurs midweek, nominally on the Tuesday, following weekend (Friday or Saturday) use of party drugs such as ecstasy.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
It was an Ecstasy party, but Amy abstained from the “soft” drug. […] She knew the side effects, such as “Suicide Tuesday” that occur after the drug has depleted the serotonin levels in the brain. But she didn′t want t
Quoted attestation: 2001, June Marshall, The Dirty Seven: Ladies Beware!, AIL New Media, US, page 123,
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “suicide Tuesday” mean?
The depressive period that typically occurs midweek, nominally on the Tuesday, following weekend (Friday or Saturday) use of party drugs such as ecstasy.
Is “suicide Tuesday” formal or informal?
suicide Tuesday is generally slang.