poet's day

poet's day
Noun. Essentially refers to Friday, although the expression sums up the general feeling of working on a Friday and the desire to leave work and get on with one's real life. Poet's being an acronym of Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • poet's day — /ˈpoʊəts deɪ/ (say pohuhts day) noun Colloquial (humorous) Friday, the day on which people often leave work a little early. {p(iss) o(ff) e(arly,) t(omorrow s) S(aturday)} …  

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  • Day-Lewis —   [ deɪ luːɪs],    1) Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), englischer Schriftsteller, * Ballintogher (County Leitrim, Irland) 27. 4. 1904, ✝ London 22. 5. 1972; Vater von 2); bis 1935 Lehrer; 1950 55 Professor für Dichtkunst in Oxford, 1964 65 in Harvard; 1968 …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Day Lewis,Cecil — Day Lewis, Cecil. 1904 1972. Irish born poet and critic who became poet laureate in 1968 and wrote detective novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake. * * * …   Universalium

  • Day-Lewis — Day Lew•is [[t]ˈdeɪˈlu ɪs[/t]] n. big C(ecil), 1904–72, British poet and novelist, born in Ireland: poet laureate 1968–72 …   From formal English to slang

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