sleep funny

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English

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Etymology

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From sleep (verb) + funny (adverb).

Verb

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sleep funny (third-person singular simple present sleeps funny, present participle sleeping funny, simple past and past participle slept funny)

  1. (idiomatic) To sleep in a position resulting in muscle or joint pain upon waking.
    My back hurts this morning; I must have slept funny.

Usage notes

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  • Primarily used in the simple past, as a speculative explanation for otherwise unexplained pain. Often in the form sleep on it funny, referencing the location of the pain.

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