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- noun A
button on analarm clock which, when pressed,silences the alarmtemporarily , granting a few more minutes of sleep before the alarm sounds again.
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whichbe commented on the word snooze button
A type of nag beep that occurs every 9 minutes.
November 12, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word snooze button
Mine is every five minutes. It's much easier to calculate but I just can't get used to it (I'm used to 9.).
November 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word snooze button
I wonder who chose 9 minutes, anyway?
November 12, 2008
gangerh commented on the word snooze button
The Big Chooze.
November 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word snooze button
Who needs an alarm clock? I wake up when a congregation of pigeons starts chirping a noodle oot noo outside my window.
And not before.
November 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word snooze button
Do they do so every 9 minutes?
November 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word snooze button
Seems like it. There's a noodle oot noo from one tree, then the answer, in a different pitch, of a noodle oot noo from another. Then I roll over, and try to dream of Wordie for a passing while, but then they noodle me again.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word snooze button
Tonight, I am not setting my alarm. I am sleeping in tomorrow morning, no snooze button for me. Why? Because my exams are over and I can.
November 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word snooze button
Wahoo! Good for you, plethora! Sleep the sleep of the just.
Bilby, I think your noodle oot noo needs to go on oroboros' list of bird songs.
November 12, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word snooze button
I always assumed they picked nine minutes so that when you hit the snooze button three times in a row without even really noticing, you'll have three minutes to realize "Holy shit, I'm gonna be late!" and get up and get out the door.
Worked like that for me all through high school and college, anyway.
November 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word snooze button
Hmm....
November 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word snooze button
Rubbish. When you hit 'Snooze' on a bear alarm clock you get nine weeks. Hibernation bonus :-)
November 12, 2008
sarra commented on the word snooze button
The snooze on my phone is six minutes, I think.
And you've set me off into trying to remember, as I do every now and then, what I was once told our woodpigeons say. I think it might be go home now, Betty.
November 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word snooze button
There are probably other, weirder, places on the internt for pigeon comparison, but I'll take it. That's charming!
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word snooze button
My clock radio has the standard 9 minutes, but my phone snooze time is 2 minutes. It takes about 45 minutes from first alarm until I actually get out of bed.
November 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word snooze button
I chooses 3 snoozes! What IS the deal with 9 minutes? When you add the 9 minutes to the 10 minutes I have my clock set ahead, times 3 snoozes - you're getting into some serious math for 6 am...
November 13, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word snooze button
I find that there's a process. There's that moment when you can hear the soft mechanical sound of your alarm clock preparing to wake you up. You have a choice. Bounce out of bed or hit snooze? It's a monumental decision to make at 6am. I often take the middle road. Turn the light on after the first snooze, but bury my head under the pillow. That usually helps speed things up. Unless I feel like bouncing out of bed. Some mornings are made for bouncing.
November 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word snooze button
Some mornings are made for bouncing. This is why I love seeing jennarenn post. :-)
November 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word snooze button
I would love my mornings to bounce, even though they mostly hit the floor and go *splot*
But you're right, the jennarennberry gargleblaster rocks!
November 14, 2008
frindley commented on the word snooze button
My alarm clock is completely unpredictable. It's a cheap Chinese number (Five Rams), completely mechanical, and even though I carefully wind it up each evening sometimes it just stops in the middle of the night. But I love its vaguely Art Deco styling and its construction (the curved metal back provides the "bell" and when it does ring it's a clanger). Above all I love the soothing way its irregular ticking puts me to sleep with wonderful additive rhythms, and I have yet to find another clock that gives similar satisfaction.
November 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the word snooze button
Nobody is listing 'clock satisfaction.' Why don't you?
August 16, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word snooze button
Try these
December 3, 2009