nightowltax
/ˈnaɪtˌaʊlˈtæks/nounVerified NewAlso in: Nachteulensteuer (Deutsch) · trasnochapeo (Español) · tardimpôt (Français)
The penalty paid by late sleepers in a morning-person world, collected at every early meeting.
The nightowltax is levied at 8 a.m. meetings, in yawns and misheard questions. Its payers do their best work at eleven, unnoticed. The tax is unjust and universal, and its refunds arrive at midnight, in silence, in full flow.
Etym. — night owl + tax — the levy on the late-brained.
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