dreamcalloused
/ˈdriːmˌkæləst/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: traumschwielig (Deutsch) · sueñocalloso (Español) · rêveendurci (Français)
Calloused to strange dreams — no longer surprised by the night's absurdities, having handled them too often.
The dreamcalloused person meets the talking dog, the flying commute, the exam in the burning school, and thinks: yes, this again. The callus is a professional deformation of the frequent dreamer — the wonder is gone, and the night's weirdness is handled like a tool worn smooth.
Etym. — dream + calloused — the skin metaphor for the dreamer's desensitization; calloused is exactly the state of being hardened by repeated handling.
Rel. — nightfluent · dreamgeography
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