depresh

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English

Etymology

    Clipping of depression.[1][2]

    Noun

    depresh (uncountable)

    1. (colloquial) Depression, melancholy.

    Proper noun

    the depresh

    1. (colloquial, archaic, historical) The Great Depression.
      • 2005, Helen Papanikolas, Rain in the Valley: A Novel, Logan, U.T.: Utah State University Press, →ISBN, page 150:
        And why say that Bessie spent all her money on expensive china, goblets, silver, and wouldn't listen when she, her mother, told her to remember the bad years before the war, the Depresh, and save her money? Bessie liked her job at Auerbachs; she got a discount on her purchases.

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    References

    1. ^ “depresh, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    2. ^ “depresh n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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