beddrift
/ˈbɛdˌdrɪft/nounVerified NewThe nightly slippage of intended bedtime later by increments, until the planned eight hours exist only on paper.
No single night decides it; each evening's "just twenty more minutes" compounds across a season. The alarm does not drift, which is where the interest is paid. Beddrift names the slow tide of bedtime.
Etym. — bed + drift — a schedule eroding, on the -drift family.
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