- Refers to the shopping rush during thanksgiving week, especially Black Friday, when shoppers flood retail shops for “supposed” holiday deals. It has a slightly negative tonation, refering to how thanksgiving has become a period for shopping sprees. Syn: Buy Nothing Day.
Thanksgetting Day
noun Blending
Black Friday
Etymology : It blends Thanksgiving Day and Getting to form a new word, Thanksgetting Day.
Source : E.g. “I sure hope that the deals on good on Thanksgetting Day.” Heard during black Friday 11/26/2010
Last modified: 9 December 2010