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Source:  Max Fischer  en  Pexels  Today, as if it was possible to ignore, is Black Friday. I hope, like me, that you are refusing to particpate in the American import. Here are a few previous Black Friday-related blog posts and tweets. Black Friday madness   Bigger than Black Friday   BBC News - Black Friday shopping in US marred by violence http://t.co/gPpjYn8tH9 And this is what they want to import to Spain ... — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) November 29, 2013 How Black Friday came to the UK https://t.co/qMNcPfLVQk — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) November 25, 2016 Black Friday backlash getting bigger - and more consumerist https://t.co/DRdlH5ZmwI — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) November 26, 2016 Take a look at some black-related expressions: a black mark against sb - something that you have done wrong or failed to do which is noticed and remembered by people and affects your reputation in a bad way If I'm late for the meeting, it'll be another black mark aga