IAtionary: Gray Stay

Gray Stay [GREY-stey] n.

1. The condition or state of requiring an extra day to do one's homework due to the incredibly gloomy weather

Language of Origin: Biology

In my freshperson year, I had Mrs. Knicely for Bio. She was great, and as her name implies, very knice. At the start of the year, she told the class that we would get two Grace Days per year, one each semester. If we forgot to do an assignment, we could turn it in the next class with "Grace Day" written on top for full points. She went over to the white board and wrote it, saying something like "This is how you spell Grace Day. G-R-A-C-E D-A-Y. I'm telling you this because one year I had a student hand me a paper with this written on the top," and turning to write Gray Stay on the board, she continued, "When I asked him to explain, he just said, 'What? I'm using my Gray Stay!'"