DEFINITION: n. An idea that pops into your head just before you fall asleep, which is so big and brilliant, or else so dark and scary, that it keeps you awake all night long. v. To lie awake in bed with a head full of big dreams.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Subcognitans: /sub-kog-neet-ans/ one of my briliant subcognitans kept me up all night last night. Etymology: sub coming from subito, meaning sudden. cogn coming from cognito, meaning knowledge. itans coming from suscitans, meaning awakening. Created by: darkXshadow.
Pilloetic: /pill-oh-et-ik/ At night Roy’s haikus
Keep him and his wife awake:
He’s pilloetic.
Etymology: pillow (a cloth case used to support the head) + poetic (of or relating to poetry) Created by: CharlieB.
Insomniapiphany: /insämnēəpifənē/ After sitting up almost all night with what he thought was an insomniapiphany, John finally dozed off. When he woke up again he couldn’t remember the idea at all. The only thing he knows for sure is that work is going to be a beast today. Etymology: insomnia (habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep) + epiphany (a moment of sudden revelation or insight) Created by: artr.
Cogiwake: /coj-ee-wake/ Instead of getting the much needed slumber before her big trial, Bianca spent the night cogiwaking about the prospect of spending the next ten years behind bars. Too tired to testify her defense well, poor Bianca was ultimately sentenced to life. Etymology: cogitate + awake Created by: libertybelle.
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