Twosday
English
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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
[edit]Blend of two + Tuesday. Analyzable as two + -s- + day
Proper noun
[edit]Twosday
- The date of Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 (2/22/22; 22-2-22) [from 2022]
- 2022 February 22, Jordan Mendoza, “It's 'Twosday!' No matter where you are in the world, today's palindrome date is the same”, in USA TODAY[1]:
- The deuces are wild today as one of the grandest palindromes of 2022 arrives on Tuesday, unofficially known as "Twosday."
- 2022 February 22, Megan Marples, “Happy Twosday! Don't miss out celebrating the coolest date of the decade”, in CNN[2]:
- Good things come in twos. At least this Tuesday it does.
The date is February 22, 2022. When you write it, 2/22/22, it's a palindrome, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. It also falls on a Tuesday, which is now referred to as Twosday.
- 2022 February 22, Joseph De Avila, “Twosday’s Many, Many (Too Many?) Twos”, in The Wall Street Journal[3]:
- 2/22/22 is a five-digit palindrome. It’s also made up of all twos and falls on a Tuesday, which some are calling Twosday.