Arts & Culture The Naughty Etymologist It Sounds Undignified, but You've Done It Before Ideastream Public Media | By Jacqueline Gerber Published March 23, 2024 at 9:41 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:28 Artem Varnitsin / Shutterstock The rude-sounding word for Friday, March 22, is something you have probably done before. Now you have a funny term to describe it.