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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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Narcolapsy
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: när'kə-lāp'sē
Sentence: Gertrude blearily stumbled toward the coffee bar. She needed a "Big-Gulp-"sized shot of expresso to assuage her narcolapsy.
Etymology: narcolepsy + lapse
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COMMENTS:
great word Stache - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:58:00
Thanks! We yanks have to really strain; the Europeans get to cherry-pick while we slumber. - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:14:00
Great choice of words ... Witty ... Wonderful verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:09:00
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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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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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Snoozicide
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: snooze-i-side
Sentence: Daylight savings time--spent the day snoozicided.
Etymology: snooze; suicide
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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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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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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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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Hourglassyndrome
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: ow-er-glas-sin-drome
Sentence: Vicki had horrible hourglassyndrome after using that extra hour to party instead of sleep. Too bad it was spring and she actually lost an hour; needless to say she was several hours late to work the next day.
Etymology: hourglass + syndrome (illness)
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COMMENTS:
Great Etymology! Nice figuring! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:07:00
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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