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Calque of Chinese光棍節／光棍节(guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.
(holidays,countable) November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.
