sleep camel
sleep camel noun: a person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.
Noun
sleep camel (plural sleep camels)
- A person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.
- No wonder, then, that so many take their laptops to the beach or that 'sleep camels', as they call them in Silicon Valley, those who sleep only at weekends, are becoming more common.2001, Charles B. Handy, The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist, Harvard Business School Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 100
- Silicon Valley has bred 'sleep camels', who store up sleep at the weekends then work long hours all week.2001, Richard Reeves, Happy Mondays: Putting the Pleasure Back Into Work, Pearson Education Limited, →ISBN
Forms of sleep camel
| plural | sleep camels |
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Origin of sleep camel
Perhaps an analogy of a person's storing sleep to a camel's storing water.
Questions about sleep camel
- What does sleep camel mean?
- Sleep camel means a person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.
- What part of speech is sleep camel?
- Sleep camel is a noun.
- What is the plural of sleep camel?
- The plural of sleep camel is sleep camels.
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