yawncall

/ˈjɔːnˌkɔːl/nounVerified New

A roll-call vote scheduled into the small hours specifically to exploit exhaustion.

The chamber thins as the night lengthens; whoever remains votes. The schedule is the whip.

Etym. — yawn + call; the vote's real quorum is sleeplessness.

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