alarmnegotiation
/əˈlɑːm nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/nounVerified NewAlso in: Weckerverhandlung (Deutsch) · alamarnegociación (Español) · réveilnégociation (Français)
The nightly bargaining over the alarm time — the treaty signed at midnight and violated at six.
The alarmnegotiation is a diplomatic process: the evening self proposes seven, the tired self counters with six-forty, and the compromise is six-fifty with a snooze clause. The treaty is signed in the app, and the morning self — a different government — repudiates it entirely.
Etym. — alarm + negotiation — the diplomacy metaphor for the nightly bargaining; a negotiation is exactly a process between parties with different interests, which the evening and morning selves are.
Rel. — alarmshadow
Novelty check: APPROVE
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