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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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Zzzszure
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: zees/zher
Sentence: 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
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COMMENTS:
very clever - petaj, 2008-03-12: 04:40:00
Great Pun! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:10:00
Zizzonked! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:41:00
I snorted at this word! - arrrteest, 2008-03-12: 20:43:00
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Springahaggard
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: spring-ah-hag-gurd
Sentence: Daylight Savings Time always left Alice springahaggard. This year, she poured her coffee directly into the sugar bowl, washed her hair with shaving cream, and ate a tasty bowl of Kibbles 'N' Bits for breakfast.
Etymology: spring ahead, haggard
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COMMENTS:
Poor Alice! You sure took her out of Wonderland into Springahaggard Land! Kudos to your mind for dreaming up that sentence! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:53:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:55:00
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Snoozicide
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: snooze-i-side
Sentence: Daylight savings time--spent the day snoozicided.
Etymology: snooze; suicide
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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Circatastrophe
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe
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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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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Mishoury
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miz ow ryy
Sentence: 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
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COMMENTS:
Rock Around the Clock? Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future? Wake Up, Little Snoozy? - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 07:25:00
Great embedding! Good pun! Meaning full! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:57:00
In-a-gadda-da-vida would do it for me - impossible to sleep through that! - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:54:00
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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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Hourxaustion
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: ow-err-zaw-st-shun
Sentence: It was clear to everyone in Sunday mass that Gina not only slept in to make up daylight saving time, but her ensemble of last nights curlers and her church dress were telling signs of her hourxaustion.
Etymology: hour + exhaustion
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:15:00
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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