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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
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Restlessception
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: rest/less/sep/shun
Sentence: Bob had a restlessception and couldn't fall asleep for the rest of the night.
Etymology: restless + conception (idea)
Snoozepiration
Created by: CanMon
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As I settled comfortably beneath my covers, snoozepiration hit and I found myself jumping out of bed to get back to work.
Etymology: Combination of Snooze and Inspiration.
Fortythinks
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: for/tee/th/inks
Sentence: Joe was restless, sleep deprived, in and out of consciousness and in the state of fortythinks, filled with the brilliant ideas on how he was going to become a partner in the firm at 29 years of age.
Etymology: FORTYTHINKS - noun - from FORTYWINKS (a short light sleep) + THINKS (as in thoughts, ideas)
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COMMENTS:
excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-20: 13:05:00
Excelent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-21: 19:36:00
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Idomnia
Created by: collinwashere2
Pronunciation: Starts off like Idea and then ends like insomnia.
Sentence: I have a bad case of Idomnia tonight.
Etymology:
Branake
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: BrAn-Ak
Sentence: She was up all night with a serious case of branake. She just couldn't shake the thought of Bob with Sally.
Etymology: brain + awake
Insomniapiphany
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: insämnēəpifənē
Sentence: 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)
Shaecey
Created by: ShAeCeY
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
sHaEcEy is the cute...... - ShAeCeY, 2011-03-15: 02:13:00
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Sominixon
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: som-i-nix-on
Sentence: Nixion experienced many nights of soninixon as thoughts of Big scandels marched in his head.
Etymology: sominex, sleeping meds/ nix, as in Not/Nixion, the president that spent many sleepless nights.
Drowsiphany
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: drouz-ĭf'ə-nē
Sentence: My eyelids were weighted and thoughts diffused to nothingness as sleep was to take hold momentarily. Suddenly I had a drowsiphany. It was in that sedate state the the schematics for the flux-capacitor became clear as day.
Etymology: Drowse (To be half-asleep) + epiphany (A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.)
Wakethought
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: /weyk-thawt/
Sentence: He stays up all night to the wakethought of murdering his wife.
Etymology: Wake + Thought
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COMMENTS:
A nice archaic-sounding word. Wakethought could be a good movie title, too. :) - ohwtepph, 2007-04-09: 23:31:00
You got the scary part.... - wordmeister, 2007-04-10: 02:50:00
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Comments:
Thank you to Dan Pink for sponsoring this week's Right-Brain Verbotomy Contest and creativity prize. ~ James
What happened last week? Read Verbotoweek! A look back at last week's wickedest words and funniest comments... Edited by "Weeklink", one of our top players who from some reason, perhaps self-preservation, prefers to remain anonymous! See: Verbotoweek in the Verbotomy Blog.
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-09: 15:52:00
Wonder if this happened to Thomas Edison. Oh, and in a related piece of propaganda, vote for Wordmeister's "Nightbulb"! PS Great (if slightly embarrassing) blog!
wordmeister - 2007-04-09: 18:04:00
Hey Bulletchewer, Thanks for the vote of support! I guess I managed to skip through my own premonstermare without getting trampled...
Bulletchewer - 2007-04-09: 18:37:00
Just wondering if anyone else is ineligible for this week's contest. Who's up for a Sir Geoffrey?
toadstool57 - 2007-04-09: 21:34:00
James - cool that you spotlighted CFLs.
Thanks toadstool57. We're just trying to create some environmentally friendly ideas. ~ James
OZZIEBOB - 2008-06-21: 19:35:00
Excellent.
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James