quietcurfew
/ˈkwaɪətˌkɜːfjuː/nounVerified NewAlso in: Haustille (Deutsch) · casasilencio (Español) · maisonsilence (Français)
The informal hour when a household goes silent — not by rule, but by the gravity of the night.
The quietcurfew is observed without legislation: the television lowers, the footsteps soften, the doors are closed with two hands. It falls at different hours in different houses, and everyone in the house knows exactly when it is, and resents being the one who breaks it.
Etym. — quiet + curfew — the civic metaphor for the household's unwritten silence law; a curfew is precisely an hour after which the rules change.
Rel. — nightcommons · nightlibrary
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