Groundhog Day

English Etymology 1 Alternative forms en Groundhog's Day Proper noun groundhog day An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow. en 1918 May Edward W. Nelson Smaller Mammals of North America w:National Geographic https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograp331918nati/ XXXIII 5 434 https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograp331918nati/page/434/ The prominence of the groundhog as a popular figure in the country lore of the Eastern States is shown by his having been given a place with the Saints on the calendar, February 2 being widely known as "Groundhog Day." It is claimed that on this date the groundhog wakes from his long winter sleep and appears at the mouth of his burrow to look about and survey the weather. If the sun shines so that he can see his shadow, bad weather is indicated and he retires to resume his sleep for another six weeks. Otherwise, the winter is broken and mild weather is predicted. Even on the outskirts of Washington some of the countrymen still appraise the character of the coming spring by the weather on "Groundhog Day." en Scottie Andrew The bizarre history of Groundhog Day w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec 2023-02-01 Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840. https://web.archive.org/web/20240718154044/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec/ Related terms en groundhogese Translations festival Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 土撥鼠日 Tǔbōshǔ Rì Finnish: fi Groundhog Day, fi murmelinpäivä French: fr jour de la marmotte Greek: el Ημέρα της Μαρμότας f German: de Murmeltiertag m but not used as de Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier the film title Polish: pl Dzień Świstaka m Russian: ru День сурка m Swedish: sv Groundhog day the movie is "sv Måndag hela veckan" (Monday All Week), sv murmeldjursdagen [The] Marmot Day literally Ukrainian: uk День бабака m Etymology 2 From the title of the film Groundhog Day (1993), in which a man is forced to live out the same day over and over in a time loop. + (film) Noun groundhog day en informal A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion. en time loop en 2003 Angie Errigo The Rough Guide to the Lord of the Rings Rough Guides 9781843532750 137 Jackson, working on production this summer, sounded very much as if he were missing the trilogy already: "Each movie has a very different tone, feel and structure so I've never really felt like I've been trapped in a Groundhog Day for seven years working on one project." en 2006 w:The Zutons w:Tired of Hanging Around Are We Friends Or Lovers? Every time I go out I gotta keep my cool and watch my step / It's Groundhog Day when I wake up / 'Cause I find I'm next to you in bed en 2011 Cathy Hopkins Million Dollar Mates: Paparazzi Princess Simon and Schuster 9781847389930 She'd spend ages buying and wrapping presents and never got bored with it like Aunt Maddie did. Aunt M said doing Christmas cards year after year made her feel like she was trapped in a groundhog day. en 2011 Jeff Ryan Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America Penguin 9781101517635 Mario, somewhat infamously, is stuck in a Groundhog Day of perpetually having to rescue the princess from Bowser. Even when the plot is new, the story stays old: Mario stops the big bad and saves the girl. en 2023 July 26 Stefanie Foster Comment: Rebuild trust or it's game over RAIL 988 3 I went on maternity leave in May 2022, More than a year later, and it feels like I'm in Groundhog Day. Nothing has changed. We're still arguing about the same issues, just with a diminished spirit and less sense of optimism. Sadly, I'm not surprised. Translations German: phrase de täglich grüßt das Murmeltier Polish: pl Dzień Świstaka m Swedish: sv måndag hela veckan Monday all week movie title and figuratively Verb groundhog day en informal intransitive To live out a situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion. en 2017-04-25 Cory Doctorow Walkaway Head of Zeus Ltd 9781786693044 When Dis told her about groundhog daying, named after the old movie, she'd underestimated the way the experience would play out for her, going through the same conversations over again, trying different gambits but ending up in the same en Holidays Winter en terms derived from fiction