Clockadoodulled

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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Clockadoodulled: /clock – a – dew – dulled/ It takes a clocksucker to come up with the clockamamie idea of daylight savings time. Darn clock-a-doodlers! I drag through the day clockadoodulled Etymology: COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO and CLOCK! COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO: rooster’s call, usually emitted at the break of dawn, waking you up too early. CLOCK: device for measuring time, including daylight savings time – and both are rigged to emit noise to get you up too early. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Clockadoodulled:

bigveg, 2008-03-12: 13:13:00
nice one!

Jamagra, 2008-03-12: 14:12:00
My kid has had croup all week. “Clockadoodulled” is exactly how I’m feeling. Great word.

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:56:00
eggsellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:39:00
Im cock-a-hoop about this one! Very clever; nice word.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:58:00
Perhaps, I meant clock-a-hoop! Also, do the somnolent need to be saved from, “the endless sheep?”

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 20:38:00
Oops.I think I meant insomnolent!

Biscotti, 2008-03-12: 20:57:00
Brilliance….sheer brilliance…

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:26:00
been watching Deadwood, you clocksucker? (great word)

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:27:00
Ka-ching! looks like we have a winner!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 01:12:00
Appreciate and enjoyed all your comments about these clock-eyed creations!

Zzzszure: /zees-zher/ Every March when daylight savings time takes away an hour of sleep, Colleen’s body goes into a zzzszure for about a week until she adjusts to the new time zone. Etymology: zzzs – sleep; seizure – breakdown, deprivation Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Zzzszure:

petaj, 2008-03-12: 04:40:00
very clever

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:10:00
Great Pun! Great Word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:41:00
Zizzonked!

arrrteest, 2008-03-12: 20:43:00
I snorted at this word!

Nappendectomy: /nap-end-ek-tomy/ To have one hour of sleep ripped heartlessly out of your schedule is to have a nappendectomy. Etymology: nap + appendectomy Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Nappendectomy:

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:28:00
Love it!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:13:00
Such a wide spread condition! I feel the same as you do in your sentence! Great create!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:43:00
Stop cutting into my sleep. Nice wor…zzzz. !

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:20:00
ouch.

diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:21:00
so funny!

Mishoury: /miz ow ryy/ Her mizhoury was compounded by the fact that the song the students living next door had eventually blown their speakers playing (at 4.15am) was bouncing around in her head like a hot steel ball. (any suggestions?) Etymology: misery hour Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Mishoury:

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 07:25:00
Rock Around the Clock? Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future? Wake Up, Little Snoozy?

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:57:00
Great embedding! Good pun! Meaning full! Outstanding!

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:54:00
In-a-gadda-da-vida would do it for me – impossible to sleep through that!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=hour

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James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-03-13: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 00:36:00
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.

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 12:01:00
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.

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 23:42:00
Thanks for the wonderful words! ~ James