sleepferal
/ˈsliːpˌfɛrəl/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: schlafwild (Deutsch) · sueñocimarrón (Español) · crevauvage (Français)
Feral from overtiredness — past the stage of tired, into the stage of wild.
The sleepferal person has crossed the border where tiredness becomes a different animal: the giggles at nothing, the rage at the spoon, the sudden clarity about everything at two a.m. The feral state is not energy — it is the collapse of the fences, and the animal is not rested, it is loose.
Etym. — sleep + feral — the wildness metaphor for the overtired state; feral is exactly the condition of a domesticated thing gone wild.
Rel. — pillowwise · sleepilliterate
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