CTMS LAST DAY TERM 2 noun, compound, administrative origin: school calendar, Wellington, July 1. A date that does not close so much as exhale — the grid finally releasing what it held. 2. (colloq.) The particular weight of red ink pressed harder than necessary, as though the hand knew. 3. See also: noses pressed to margins; the dog watching the door; the clarification that did not clarify in time. antonym: Monday. — the week's last entry trails off here, as a filament of ink that has run out of paper —