A word for one who has the ability to sleep almost instantly
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I am looking for a word to describe a person that can fall asleep 'as their head hits the pillow'.
To add context: my wife falls asleep seconds after she decides that she wants to sleep. Not just in bed, but on the sofa, on the train - almost anywhere where there is a relatively comfortable place to sleep. Even on a moving escalator. She is a person who I consider to be happy and at peace with herself. I mention this as I am not looking for a term to describe someone with a medical condition with no control over when they sleep.
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I am looking for a word to describe a person that can fall asleep 'as their head hits the pillow'.
To add context: my wife falls asleep seconds after she decides that she wants to sleep. Not just in bed, but on the sofa, on the train - almost anywhere where there is a relatively comfortable place to sleep. Even on a moving escalator. She is a person who I consider to be happy and at peace with herself. I mention this as I am not looking for a term to describe someone with a medical condition with no control over when they sleep.
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'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
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A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18
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I am looking for a word to describe a person that can fall asleep 'as their head hits the pillow'.
To add context: my wife falls asleep seconds after she decides that she wants to sleep. Not just in bed, but on the sofa, on the train - almost anywhere where there is a relatively comfortable place to sleep. Even on a moving escalator. She is a person who I consider to be happy and at peace with herself. I mention this as I am not looking for a term to describe someone with a medical condition with no control over when they sleep.
single-word-requests nouns
asked Jul 4 at 14:50
qwertysmack
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I am looking for a word to describe a person that can fall asleep 'as their head hits the pillow'.
To add context: my wife falls asleep seconds after she decides that she wants to sleep. Not just in bed, but on the sofa, on the train - almost anywhere where there is a relatively comfortable place to sleep. Even on a moving escalator. She is a person who I consider to be happy and at peace with herself. I mention this as I am not looking for a term to describe someone with a medical condition with no control over when they sleep.
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single-word-requests nouns
asked Jul 4 at 14:50
qwertysmack
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asked Jul 4 at 14:50
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asked Jul 4 at 14:50
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asked Jul 4 at 14:50
qwertysmack
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asked Jul 4 at 14:50
qwertysmack
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'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
1
A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18
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show 2 more comments
'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
1
A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18
'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
1
1
A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18
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It is common, though possibly insensitive to actual sufferers, to use the term narcoleptic in an exaggerative sense to refer to people who can fall asleep nearly instantly. It is actually more common (in my experience) to see the word used to describe someone like your wife, than to describe someone who is actually afflicted with narcolepsy, as the latter is far more rare. The tone is always playful in this form of usage and does not imply that there is anything actually wrong with the subject.
Alternatively, you could use a term of your own devising that is easily understood such as "sleep-on-demand".
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It is common, though possibly insensitive to actual sufferers, to use the term narcoleptic in an exaggerative sense to refer to people who can fall asleep nearly instantly. It is actually more common (in my experience) to see the word used to describe someone like your wife, than to describe someone who is actually afflicted with narcolepsy, as the latter is far more rare. The tone is always playful in this form of usage and does not imply that there is anything actually wrong with the subject.
Alternatively, you could use a term of your own devising that is easily understood such as "sleep-on-demand".
answered Jul 9 at 17:34
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It is common, though possibly insensitive to actual sufferers, to use the term narcoleptic in an exaggerative sense to refer to people who can fall asleep nearly instantly. It is actually more common (in my experience) to see the word used to describe someone like your wife, than to describe someone who is actually afflicted with narcolepsy, as the latter is far more rare. The tone is always playful in this form of usage and does not imply that there is anything actually wrong with the subject.
Alternatively, you could use a term of your own devising that is easily understood such as "sleep-on-demand".
answered Jul 9 at 17:34
Zeal
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up vote
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down vote
It is common, though possibly insensitive to actual sufferers, to use the term narcoleptic in an exaggerative sense to refer to people who can fall asleep nearly instantly. It is actually more common (in my experience) to see the word used to describe someone like your wife, than to describe someone who is actually afflicted with narcolepsy, as the latter is far more rare. The tone is always playful in this form of usage and does not imply that there is anything actually wrong with the subject.
Alternatively, you could use a term of your own devising that is easily understood such as "sleep-on-demand".
answered Jul 9 at 17:34
Zeal
1043
It is common, though possibly insensitive to actual sufferers, to use the term narcoleptic in an exaggerative sense to refer to people who can fall asleep nearly instantly. It is actually more common (in my experience) to see the word used to describe someone like your wife, than to describe someone who is actually afflicted with narcolepsy, as the latter is far more rare. The tone is always playful in this form of usage and does not imply that there is anything actually wrong with the subject.
Alternatively, you could use a term of your own devising that is easily understood such as "sleep-on-demand".
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answered Jul 9 at 17:34
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'easy sleeper'?
– Keep these mind
Jul 4 at 15:08
Perhaps a switch-on sleeper? (Sorry, completely uneducated guess. I just made up the word, and I am even not a native speaker.)
– Christian Geiselmann
Jul 4 at 15:27
1
A lot of people with that ability (?) are actually sleep-deprived.
– Cascabel
Jul 4 at 15:49
why one word? how's about a phase?
– lbf
Jul 4 at 16:42
You could, hyperbolically, call them narcoleptic.
– Thalena Gundersen
Jul 6 at 12:18