They are many Black Fridays showing up in recent newspaper articles, but have you wondered why it is Black Friday? Why not Green Friday, or Red Friday?
Black Friday received its name because it historically was the day when a surge of shoppers helped stores break into profitability for the full year. However, you may still have no idea how the color black take a seat in this phrase.
To explain this, we need to look at another common phrase - in the black. We say a business is in the black when it is making money, and of course, in the red when a business is operating at a loss.
So are you clear how the black climbs onto the phrase now? =)
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