Verboticism: Hourbuckle

'You had to get up an hour earlier?'

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.

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Hourbuckle

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: owr buck el

Sentence: Ode to the Hourbuckle... The inventor should be rapped on the knuckle, If not so sad, it would make you chuckle, Every year at this time, life is in a muckle, Thanks to Daylight Savings we all get Hourbuckle! Alarms and computers and your clock radio phone, Time clocks, cuckoos and watches are changed with a moan, It even affects our sleep and the Dow Jones, But my car clock stays stuck in another time zone!

Etymology: hour (clock time equal to 1/24th of a day) & buckle (fold or collapse)

Points: 815

Comments: Hourbuckle

purpleartichokes - 2008-03-12: 07:27:00
Ha! We must drive the same model car.

silveryaspen - 2008-03-12: 10:08:00
Perfect blend of nonsense and great sense in your fine rhyme! Meaning full word! Wonderful won!