sleepcation

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noun

A break from ordinary activities in order to catch up on missed sleep.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounsleepcation (plural sleepcations)

plural sleepcations

  1. informalA break from ordinary activities in order to catch up on missed sleep.

    I spend a lot of time in my clinic telling couples it is okay to sleep apart sometimes. I have dubbed this a "sleepcation".

    2017, W. Chris Winter, The Sleep Solution:Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It, Penguin Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 115
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    (I know moms who live for their “sleepcations”—they either hit a hotel for a night or just wait for the kids to be away at Grand-ma's or a slumber party, then they climb into bed at eight p.m., […]

    2011, Brooke Burke, The Naked Mom

    If your debt is over 40 hours, a “sleepcation” could change your life. This is where you check into a hotel for three nights, dim the room as much as possible, avoid stimulants, and let yourself sleep day and night.

    2014, Alan Christianson, The Adrenal Reset Diet, page 104

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