Friday
'''Friday''' is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. Its name is derived from the goddess Frige of Germanic mythology. In most areas with a five-day working week, Friday is the last workday before the weekend and is therefore viewed as a cause for celebration or relief, leading to the expression TGIF, an abbreviation for Thank God It's Friday or Thank Goodness It's Friday. (The phrase was popularized by a movie during the 1970s.) Friday is also the inspiration for the restaurant, aptly named, T.G.I. Friday's. In Western culture, references to Friday can be found in many places:
- In the popular rhyme, "''Friday's Child is loving and giving''".
- Friday was the name of a cannibal, who became the servant of Robinson Crusoe.
- Cadbury promoted a chocolate bar with the slogan Thank Crunchie it's Friday.
- In a reference to "TGI Friday", maverick British television host Chris Evans created the television program TFI Friday, its initials supposedly standing for "Thank Four It's" (Four being a reference to Channel 4, the television station) – any other meaning for the F was a matter for the viewer's own imagination.
- Friday is a book by Robert A. Heinlein.
- Friday is also a movie featuring rapper Ice Cube.