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singles' day

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
sin-gles' -day
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.

Countable

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Singles' Days (plural) Single's Day (alternative) Singles Day (alternative)

Phrases

Armistice Day Poppy Day Remembrance Day Veterans Day

Frequently Paired Words

Armistice Day Poppy Day Remembrance Day Veterans Day

Synonyms

Anti-Valentine Day Anti-Valentine's Day Anti-Valentines' Day Anti-Valentines Day Bachelor Day Bachelors Day Bachelor's Day Bachelors' Day

Antonyms

Valentine's Day White Day

Questions

What does singles' day mean?
November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.
Where does singles' day come from?
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.

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