suicide Tuesday
n.— «“People take ecstasy Saturday night and they feel great and then on Tuesday, they crash,” a phenomenon he calls “Suicide Tuesday.”» —“Ecstasy: From Overseas To Our Streets” by Bryn Nelson, Dan Morrison Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) Jan. 16, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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