Trucker slang, refers to a beaver or buffalo who is known to go from one semi to another, servicing the drivers. From the practice of moving between two closely-parked semis via the opened side doors of the sleepers, without touching the ground.
After watching a movie your first impression of it was that it was mediocre at best, yet after a few hours or days have gone by, the movie keeps popping in and out of you thoughts. So, at the time of watching the movie you had no idea it would have such a profound effect on you and yet now its all you can think about. It crept up on you so to speak.
Mike: Dude, I just saw Adventurelandlast night, and I didn't think much of it at the time, but now its realistic portrayal of teenage life suddenly seems so much more relevant.
A character in a video game that is simply too strong (overpowered, or OP for short), but not many poeple realize it (yet), hence the "sleeper" part.
This is likely due to the fact that when a new version of a game comes out, it takes a while for people (including some pros) to adjust to the new meta game and rather stick to the same staple set of popular overpowered characters (sometimes despite nerfs) out of comfort instead of trying to discover new ones.
This is NOT related to special snow flakes that somehow made a bad character work against all odds in 1 out of 100 games; Sleeper OP is legit broken, it's just known by the unenlightened masses.
When the Sleeper OP char becomes common knowledge, it loses that status.
Player A: LUL why you pick the Merchant, he's trash.
Player B: Nah man this is 0.24 Merchant, meta sheep just haven't caught on. Merchant Sleeper OP
*PLayer A gets obliterated by Merchant*
Player A: You just got lucky, Merchant sux!