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Wednesday's whole personality: the exact midpoint between weekend regret and weekend hope.

means The midpoint of a workweek (literally or figuratively, a high point you have to get over before the downhill part of a task feels easier)

from From Old English/Germanic roots describing a rounded protuberance—like a camel's hump. The literal bump became a metaphor for the hardest part of any climb: once you're over the hump, gravity's on your side. 'Hump day' for Wednesday is a 20th-century workplace coinage riding that same image—the week arcs up, peaks, then rolls downhill to Friday.

origin era
workweek slang popularized mid-20th century
camel logic
one hump stores fat, not water
peak moment
psychologically, 1pm Wednesday is the actual summit
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