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glazing pp. Sleeping with your eyes open.

Example Citation:
Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?
—"Jokeline," Rocky Mountain News, November 22, 1996

Earliest Citation:
Glazing — Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings.
—Emily Sheffield, "Jackdaw," The Guardian, November 12, 1996

Notes:
I thank thee for the generous tear
This glazing eye could never shed.
—Lord Byron, The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale

Related Words:
duvet day
microsleep
nap nook
prophylactic nap
semisomnia
situational insomnia
sleep camel
sleep hygiene
sleep inertia
sleep seizure

Subject Category:
Sociology - Sleeping

Posted on May 26, 1997


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