Definitions

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  • proper noun the tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend

Etymologies

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Monday, as the first day of the working week, + -itis; popularity of the term is purported to be traceable to its use in the US comedy film Office Space (1999).

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Examples

  • POST SCRIPT: I can honestly say I have rarely featured for 'Mondayitis' in the last eighteen years - perhaps there were only a few small periods during that time when I truly loathed going to work.

    EzineArticles 2010

  • I believe the touch footy playing feral farmer has Monday issues if not Mondayitis.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Brisburgers Xmas drinks. 2009

  • Used to see more people in the village back in those days when the weekend beckoned, tending an irreverent energy suppressed I guess, a Mondayitis sprawled across the working week – and all released on Friday.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2007

  • Used to see more people in the village back in those days when the weekend beckoned, tending an irreverent energy suppressed I guess, a Mondayitis sprawled across the working week – and all released on Friday.

    Even That Fell To Pitiable Opinion Ivan Donn Carswell 2007

  • It's a quick and easy and all too tasty recipes - baguette slices covered in mix of mashed feta, eggs, onion, tomato, parsley, chilli and mint, grilled until the cheese bubbles and browns - this is bound to cure all ills, including Mondayitis!

    Archive 2006-11-01 Haalo 2006

  • It's a quick and easy and all too tasty recipes - baguette slices covered in mix of mashed feta, eggs, onion, tomato, parsley, chilli and mint, grilled until the cheese bubbles and browns - this is bound to cure all ills, including Mondayitis!

    Weekend Herb Blogging #60 - Recap Haalo 2006

  • Crackers Keenan on the Mondayitis podcast reckons four players from the Lions have been signed by the GC and that's four players who may not be pulling their weight.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • A few of the boys had already pulled we call it Mondayitis out, so I didn't want to deplete the squad even further.

    BBC Ouch! Blog BBC Sport 2010

  • If I'd been in the hands of the A Team on Friday night, this time the place seemed to have a touch of Mondayitis.

    Public Address Russell Brown's Hard News 2009

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