Many corporate workplaces in the West have a “Casual Friday” or “Dress-down Friday” dress-code where employees aren’t expected to turn up to work in their smart business attire, but instead in something more casual like jeans and a t-shirt. In the maritime world, it is considered highly unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were born together on Friday the 13 th June 1986. The term “Friday’s Syndrome” and the term “Friday Feeling” refer to Friday often being the last day of the working week for people and therefore people feeling more relaxed and easy-going on a Friday.įriday the 13 th, although considered lucky in some parts of the world, is often a day of superstition for most people in the western world, and the fear of Friday the 13 th is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia. and Australia, Friday is sometimes referred to by the acronym “POETS Day,” which stands for “Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday.” In Japanese, the word for Friday is formed from the words kinsei, meaning Venus (which literally translates as “gold + water”), and yōbi, meaning day.Ī popular American acronym is “TGIF,” which means “Thank God It’s Friday.” However, in Portuguese, also a language derived from Latin, the word for Friday is “Sexta-feira,” meaning “sixth day of liturgical celebration” and is derived from the Latin “Feria Sexta” which was used in religious texts where it was forbidden to consecrate days to pagan gods. In most languages that are derived from Latin, Friday is derived from the words “dies Veneris” (day of Venus), like “Vendredi” is French, “Venerdì” in Italian, and “Viernes” in Spanish. This is the same within several other languages, including the Old High German Frīatag and Modern German Frietag, as well as Vrijdag in Dutch. The English name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning “Day of Frige.” This is as a result of the Old English goddess Frigg (an Anglo-Saxon interpretation of the Norse goddess Freya) being associated with the Roman goddess Venus. Well, the answers are all here, so let’s get on with it. Or do you know where the name for Friday comes from? There are a few different acronyms that float about for Friday and there are also a couple of different Friday dress-codes encouraged in the corporate world.įriday is also a day synonymous with superstition whenever it falls upon the 13 th day of the month, but do you know what the fear of Friday the 13 th is called?
Friday is widely considered to be the last day of the working week worldwide, and for those who work a Monday to Friday job, it’s the beginning of the weekend and therefore the most glorious weekday around.
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