sleepcation
nounEtymology Blend of sleep + vacation.
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Informal A break from ordinary activities in order to catch up on missed sleep.
- (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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- 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: