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DEFINITION: n. The fatigue brought on by the loss of one hour of sleep, especially if caused by something beyond your control, like the conversion to daylight savings time, barking dogs, or an addiction to late night TV. v. tr. To lose one hour of sleep.
Verboticisms
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Springforlorn
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: spring/for/lorn
Sentence: For days, Kelly was unable to get herself out of bed. The laundry piled up and her toddler began bouncing off the walls at all hours. Even without an early morning destination, they had become springforlorn and struggled to adjust to daylight savings time.
Etymology: a play on "Spring Forward", + forlorn - meaning miserable
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COMMENTS:
Different angle! Unique word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 12:01:00
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Unsatisleeption
Created by: maloycsp
Pronunciation: un-sa-tis-leep-tion
Sentence: Janie was woken an hour too early by dogs barking next door. As a result of this, throughout the day she experienced unsatisleeption at being woken too early.
Etymology: Unsatisfaction + sleep
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:58:00
Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:05:00
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Hindersomnia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hin der som nee yah
Sentence: Tyred Banks was someone who needed her full 8 hours per night of sleep. When deprived her personality changed. Many things gave her hindersomnia: stress;DST;Nick at Nite;cute dates;what happens to bugs in winter;economic worries. She was a Worrier Woman. But Tyred would probably have been the same early morning grouch no matter what until she got her first caffeine blitz, then life would be sweet...for everyone.
Etymology: Hinder (hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of) & (IN)somnia (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness;assuming somnia means ability to sleep)
Clockstraphobia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: clok - struh - fo - bee - ya
Sentence: Arlene both feared and hated the twice yearly time changes and suffered severe clockstraphobia resulting in crabbiness and irritability.
Etymology: Clock plus phobia
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COMMENTS:
Good one, Mustang, even a broken clock is right twice a day! - Nosila, 2008-03-12: 02:01:00
Terrific! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:09:00
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Nappendectomy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nap/end/ek/tomy
Sentence: To have one hour of sleep ripped heartlessly out of your schedule is to have a nappendectomy.
Etymology: nap + appendectomy
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:28:00
Such a wide spread condition! I feel the same as you do in your sentence! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:13:00
Stop cutting into my sleep. Nice wor...zzzz. ! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:43:00
ouch. - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:20:00
so funny! - diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:21:00
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Nappyhour
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /NAP-ee-ou-er/
Sentence: Every year, after the Daylight Savings Time shift, Barbara would experience a bout of nappyhour, the lethargy brought on by missing an hour of 'sleepy time.' It was more of a psychological factor, and combined with the longer hours of sunlight, she never felt fully rested until she got that hour back once Daylight Savings Time ended, several months later.
Etymology: Play on the term 'Happy hour': Nappy - baby speak for 'nap' (from Middle High German, napfen "to sleep") + hour - sixty minutes (from Greek, hōrā "time")
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COMMENTS:
Great word Tigger! Sincerely, "Barbara" - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:37:00
So appealing to the child in our hearts! Darling creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:02:00
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Bugghoured
Created by: bigveg
Pronunciation: bug-ou-rd
Sentence: boss: why do you have little square imprints all over your face? have you been sleeping on your keyboard again? employee: sorry boss, but a tree fell through my roof at 6am and i'm bugghoured!
Etymology: buggered: exhausted; worn out - hour
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COMMENTS:
Witty! Funny! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 12:03:00
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Circatastrophe
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe
Remerie
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: rem'/e/ree
Sentence: Quentin emerged from his REMerie with a crick in his neck and keyboard indentations on his forehead. He hoped these would both disappear before his 1:00 meeting with Les, otherwise he would have to bear another round of "QWERTY Quentin" jokes.
Etymology: REM - (rapid eye movement during sleep) + reverie (a state of abstracted musing)
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COMMENTS:
Unique etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:55:00
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Somnambitosis
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: sohm-nam-bih-toess-iss
Sentence: Edward was blind and deaf to the snickers as he walked past the bevy of cubicles on the way to the coffee machine. "Watch out, don't get in his way," a co-worker warned a newbie who was about to fix Ed's collar. "He's suffering from somnambitosis." It was then everyone looked up at the office clock that had not yet been set one hour ahead.
Etymology: somnamb, sleepwalk + it +osis, state of a medical condition
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COMMENTS:
Great Originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:04:00
I wondered what the collective term for "cubicle" was. Thanks! - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:22:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
By the way we would have got this done earlier in the week, (i.e. Monday) but I was bit short on sleep. And remistram didn't think of the idea until Monday morning when her Boss yelled at her for coming to work in her pajamas. ~ James
remistram - 2008-03-12: 09:24:00
not true! the pajama part anyway....
purpleartichokes - 2008-03-12: 11:17:00
DLS didn't bother me a bit this year... I reset all the clocks in the house, except for the single one I forgot - the alarm clock. Oops.
Remistram, I am glad to hear you didn't actually wear your pajamas to work. I guess, I must have just "made that up". I assume that it's part of the hazards of being a sleep-deprived creative writer. Thanks for all the funny ideas! And the wake-up call! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-03-12: 12:09:00
Not liking DST, I guess today I'll finally change the clocks! My computer and tv clocks have been at me to do it, too. I think remistram and James came up with today's apt definition and cartoon, just to remind me!!!
Jamagra - 2008-03-12: 14:09:00
Once my colleague got a speeding ticket in her jammies and bathrobe. She was driving to school for our "Right to Read Week" pajama party. Heh. Took her a while to live that one down. ~PS~ Loving the site, James. Thanks for all your work.
remistram - 2008-03-12: 15:26:00
Thanks James, I thought this def was timely...hehe...
stache - 2008-03-12: 22:59:00
EXcellent cartoon, James.
Thanks for the wonderful words! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James