Black Friday (partying) Black Friday (partying) Mad Friday, Frantic Friday or Black Eye Friday is a nickname for the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom. It is the most popular night for office and factories Christmas parties, which consequently makes it one of the busiest nights in the year for ambulances and the police. The term Black Friday originates as "jargon" used by NHS and Police, and has entered the popular lexicon. From 2013, the press began to use the term Mad Friday to avoid confusion with the American Black Friday in November, which was growing increasingly popular in the UK
Friday Black Friday Black Friday Black is the 2018 debut book by author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Set in a dystopian near-future of twisted prosaic settings, the collection of short stories explores themes surrounding black identity as it relates to a range of contemporary social issues. The book enjoyed an overall positive reception, including the naming of Adjei-Brenyah as one of the "5 Under 35 Authors" for 2018, by the National Book Foundation. "Friday Black" takes its title from the consumer holiday Black Friday, which takes place in the US on the Friday following Thanksgiving. A collection of dystopian near-future short stories, the