French word of the Day: Jeudredi

Why do I need to know jeudredi?

Firstly a quick caveat, this is not a word that you will find in the dictionary. But it is a word that's being bandied around quite a lot at the moment.

What does it mean?

It's a mixture of jeudi - Thursday - and vendredi - Friday and it basically means you don't know what day it is.

It's a new construction for the lockdown age, and describes the sense when you have lost track of what day it is, since with most people confined to the house and many not working, one day is pretty much the same as another.

Dois-je ouvrir une bouteille de rosé? Pourquoi pas, c'est jeudredi - Shall I open a bottle of rosé? Why not, it's either Thursday or Friday.

If you're a Twitter user you might also see jeudredi used as a hashtag to describe typical lockdown behaviour, whether it's having pizza for breakfast or failing to remember how to do simple tasks.

It's probably unlikely to be approved by the French language guardians Academie français but it's rather a handy little construction to describe the general sense of discombobulation that we are all feeling right now.

So happy jeudredi to all The Local's readers.