"Black Friday"?
It's a new-fangled term. I'd never heard the phrase until my daughter worked at Borders.
I wasn't crazy about it at first. Then I began to use it; everybody else does!
This year, I'm refusing.
I hate the word. I'm not sure why. I suspect it's because of the consumeristic hype. It's also because my distaste for the name has increased as the Friday sales have spilled over onto Thursday. It's also influenced by the harm done to people (stampeding as shop-doors are unlocked, or crazy rudeness in parking lots).
A week or so ago I made a decision to refrain from using the phrase "Black Friday." I've slipped up a couple of times. But I'm still trying to stick with the much longer description: "the shopping day after Thanksgiving" or "the crazy shopping-weekend at the end of the month."
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