Month 01—January
The following words or phrases are about January:
JANUARY
“As January goes, so goes the year” or “January Barometer” (Wall Street proverb)
“Dry January is going well for me so far. I’ve not had a bath or a shower yet”
“I’m sorry for the things I said when it was winter”
“It’s officially ‘once I get home I ain’t coming back out’ season”
“It’s officially ‘once I’m home I’m not coming back out’ season”
“It’s officially ‘once I’m home I’m not going out again’ season”
“January is the Monday of the year”
“January (n.) A giant Monday”
“January was a tough year, but we made it through”
“My ‘dry’ January is Sauvignon Blanc”
“Slow as molasses in January”
“Ugh…January. The whole month is just a giant Monday”
Veganuary (vegan + January)
JANUARY 1
“A new year is unfolding—like a blossom with petals curled tightly, concealing the beauty within”
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other”
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year”
“At the start of this new year, I am leaving my past behind me. So if I owe you some money…”
“Auld lang syne implies the existence of auld lang cosyne and auld lang tangynt”
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right”
“Cheers to making pour decisions”
“Dear New Year’s Resolution, Well, it was fun while it lasted. Sincerely, January 2nd”
“Dear New Year’s Resolutions, Well, it was fun while it lasted. Sincerely, January 2nd”
“Don’t kiss anyone on New Year’s Day because it’s only the first date”
“Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect”
“Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself”
“Happy new year!” (new year’s shout)
“Holiday calories don’t count”
“I asked the hot girl at my gym what her new year’s resolution was” (joke)
“I can’t believe it’s been a year since I didn’t become a better person”
“I gave up drinking on the 1st of January. It’s better for your health, and it’s only one day a year”
“It’s not what you eat between Christmas and New Year’s that makes you fat…”
“Kiss me. It’s midnight somewhere”
“Lift your left leg up on December 31st at 11:59:59. Start the New Year off on the right foot”
“Make your exercise resolution on the Chinese new year to avoid crowded gyms”
“Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits”
“Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve stuck with it”
“Mary and Abby!”/“Mary and Abby who?”/“Mary Christmas and a Abby New Year!”
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions”
“May your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions”
“My New Year’s resolution is 1080p”
“My New Year’s resolution is to not have one”
“My New Year’s resolution is to buy a velcro wall and I plan on sticking to it”
“My New Year’s resolution is to help all my friends gain ten pounds so I look skinnier”
“My New Year’s resolution is to procrastinate. I’ll start tomorrow”
“My New Year’s resolution is to stay out of shape. Maybe I won’t stick with this one either”
“My New Year’s resolution is to stop putting my foot in my mouth. I bet yours is to lose weight”
“My New Year’s Resolutions: 1. Get my finances in order 2. Get finances”
“My new year’s revolution is to learn how to spell”
“My new years revolution is to learn how to spell”
“My New Year’s revolution is to proofread more”
“My wife still hasn’t told me what my New Year’s resolutions are”
“New Year resolution going well, no chocolate. Not even thinking about it. Not even in my vocadbury”
“New Year’s Eve forecast: Mostly drunk, with a slight chance of passing out”
“New Year’s Eve is the only acceptable time to wear body glitter”
“New Year’s is a holiday created by calendar companies who don’t want you reusing last year’s”
“New Year’s Resolution—A ‘to do’ list for the first week of January”
“Out with the old, in with the new. Cheers to the future and all that we do”
“People treat New Year’s like some sort of life-changing event”
“People who haven’t pooped yet today, why are you still holding on to last year’s shit?”
“So sad that in just a few days bread and dessert will have calories again”
“Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy. Happy New Year, everybody”
“The library before finals looks like the gym after New Year’s”
“The quality of a champagne is judged by the amount of noise the cork makes when it is popped”
“The start of the Girl Scout cookie season marks the official end of the New Year’s resolution season”
“Today is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one”
“When does New Year’s Day come before Christmas?”/“Every year!”
“Why did Dracula pass out on New Year’s Eve?”/“There was a count down.”
“Y’all better eat the damn black eyed peas this year!”
“Your Merry Christmas depends on what others do for you; New Year on what you do for others”
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve”
Big Apple on New Year’s Eve Ball at One Times Square (1981-1988)
Cake Day (New Year’s Day, from Scotland)
Hoppin’ John or Hopping John (Limping Kate; Limping Susan)
New Year’s Foods (rice for riches, peas for pennies, collards for dollars, greens for greenbacks)
Texas Caviar (black-eyed peas)
JANUARY 2
“Dear New Year’s Resolution, Well, it was fun while it lasted. Sincerely, January 2nd”
“Dear New Year’s Resolutions, Well, it was fun while it lasted. Sincerely, January 2nd”
JANUARY 5
“I celebrate 4/20 on 1/5 because I know how to reduce fractions”
JANUARY 6
Roscas (Rosca de Reyes—Three Kings’ Cake or Three Kings’ Bread or Kings’ Ring)
Three Kings Day Parade
JANUARY 8
“What a year this week has been”
JANUARY 15
“Big Apple” date?: January 15, 1920
JANUARY 19
Confederate Heroes Day
JANUARY (third Monday)
Blue Monday (third Monday in January)