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sleep debt 

lack of sleep, or when you owe yourself some rest becasue you have been too busy.

when you are not getting enough sleep, and need to calculate how much you owe your body

sleep account is negative, or in the red

first used by British airways
and also sited on multiple occasions by lifehacker.com
i've been gathering some serious sleep debt since i have started pulling these all-nighters on a regular basis.
sleep debt by Jesse Colburn March 4, 2008
Word of the Day on October 10, 2023
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sleep debt 

Something you accumulate whenever you don't sleep an adequate amount on a given night. In the ghetto they call it "slizzeep to da dizzebt".
If sleep debt was dollars, yo' mama would be a rich bitch.
sleep debt by Nick D March 17, 2003

Sleep Debt 

The quantification of sleep debt.
If you're tired you probably have sleep debt.
Sleep Debt by SevenWest April 8, 2019

Sleep Debt Loan Sharks 

The forces that usually plague a person after he or she acquires a considerable sleep debt by sleeping very little (or not at all) for extended periods of time.

Sleep debt loan sharks may use schemes such as spontaneous microsleep, low cognitive capabilities, and (if the sleep debt is extraordinarily high) auditory and visual hallucinations, in order to make a person pay off his or her sleep debt.

As with regular loan sharks, sleep debt loan sharks can be staved off temporarily. In this case, it is through the use of psychostimulants, such as caffeine, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, etc.
Edwin: Hey man, how 'bout you n' me go clubbin' tonight?

Godfrey: Nah man, them sleep debt loan sharks be keepin' me down. Gotta get me some sleep n' sh*t befo' I get real f*cked up.

Edwin: Yo man, two words: Coffee, biotch!
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026