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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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Clockadoodulled
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: clock - a - dew - dulled
Sentence: 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.
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COMMENTS:
nice one! - bigveg, 2008-03-12: 13:13:00
My kid has had croup all week. "Clockadoodulled" is exactly how I'm feeling. Great word. - Jamagra, 2008-03-12: 14:12:00
eggsellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:56:00
Im cock-a-hoop about this one! Very clever; nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:39:00
Perhaps, I meant clock-a-hoop! Also, do the somnolent need to be saved from, "the endless sheep?" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:58:00
Oops.I think I meant insomnolent! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 20:38:00
Brilliance....sheer brilliance... - Biscotti, 2008-03-12: 20:57:00
been watching Deadwood, you clocksucker? (great word) - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:26:00
Ka-ching! looks like we have a winner! - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:27:00
Appreciate and enjoyed all your comments about these clock-eyed creations! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 01:12:00
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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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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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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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Circatastrophe
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe
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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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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Drowzzzzzy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: drouzē
Sentence: Spring forward is certainly not how Cindy feels every year when daylight-saving time is implemented. One hour shouldn’t mean that much but don’t tell Cindy that. She isn’t listening. If she is awake at all the best response you can expect is a yawn.
Etymology: drowsy (sleepy and lethargic; half asleep) + zzzzz (sleeping)
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