Singles' Day
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See also: Singles Day and Single's Day
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Etymology[edit]
Calque of Chinese 光棍節/光棍节 (guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.
Proper noun[edit]
Singles' Day (plural Singles' Days)
- (holidays, countable) November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.
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Antonyms[edit]
- Valentine's Day
- White Day (Japan)
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Translations[edit]
a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11
See also[edit]
other observances on 11 November