dreamtenant
/ˈdriːmˌtɛnənt/nounVerified NewAlso in: Traummieter (Deutsch) · sueñoinquilino (Español) · rêveoccupant (Français)
A dream character who keeps renting space in the waking head, refusing to move out when the dream ends.
The dreamtenant is the stranger you miss, the enemy you keep arguing with in the shower, the child you never had who nonetheless needs picking up from somewhere. The lease expired at the alarm; the tenant has squatter's rights in the mood, and pays rent in distraction.
Etym. — dream + tenant — the tenancy metaphor for persistent dream figures; a tenant is exactly someone who occupies a space that is not theirs.
Rel. — dreamorphan · plotdebt
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