Verboticism: Springahaggard

'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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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

Points: 1160

Comments: Springahaggard

silveryaspen - 2008-03-12: 09:53:00
Poor Alice! You sure took her out of Wonderland into Springahaggard Land! Kudos to your mind for dreaming up that sentence! Great Word!

Jabberwocky - 2008-03-12: 15:55:00
funny