sleepdeaf
/ˈsliːpˌdɛf/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: schlaftaub (Deutsch) · sueñosordo (Español) · sommeilsourd (Français)
Unable to hear alarms — the specific deafness of the deep sleeper, selective for the one sound that matters.
The sleepdeaf person hears the thunder, the neighbor, the cat — and not the alarm, which is the only sound with a job. The deafness is not a deficit; it is a talent, and the talent is unemployable. The sleepdeaf learn to sleep with the lights on, the phone across the room, and a roommate with a grudge.
Etym. — sleep + deaf — the sensory metaphor for the alarm-specific deafness; deaf is exactly the state of not hearing what is there.
Rel. — alarmshadow
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