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The slow dim where logic clocks out and your brain queues up its weirdest cinema.
means The time for going to sleep, especially the gentle wind-down before bed — often used warmly with children.
from A plain compound of "sleepy" and "time." "Sleepy" comes from "sleep" (Old English "slǣp") plus the adjective ending "-y," so it literally means "inclined to sleep." The pairing reads as cozy nursery-speak, the kind of soft, repetitive phrasing adults use to coax little ones to bed; it was later cemented in the popular imagination by brand names like Celestial Seasonings' "Sleepytime" tea, with its drowsy hibernating bear.
- falling sensation
- Hypnic jerks fake a fall as muscles power down
- clock matters
- Brain releases melatonin on a strict schedule
- bear myth
- Bears barely sleep deeply during true hibernation
- yawn contagion
- Watching someone yawn triggers your own reflex
- first plunge
- Deepest sleep arrives in the opening ninety minutes
sleepytime tea — celestial seasonings herbal blend with chamomile and passionflower, created 1974
sleepytime gorilla — viral 2008 internet meme of a gorilla in pajamas promoting rest