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- noun Alternative spelling of
jet lag .
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Examples
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Apologies in advance for any incoherence in this post – I came back from New York three days ago and jetlag is sticking to me like glue.
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According to statistics the third day of jetlag is the most tiring, fatiguing.
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After five or six hours of using it (couldn't sleep, friggin 'jetlag), I am in love.
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I got to Justine's blog by clicking on the 'jetlag' link from Scott's blog.
Reading Matters lili 2007
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We've not really suffered from jetlag which is good!
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We're not even entirely there yet and we've already begun feeling a kind of jetlag we can never shake off.
Adrants 2008
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It is good to escape the day job for a week and ponder these bigger subjects as I lie awake in the night, jetlag screwing with my body clock.
What Do You Want To Write In Your Lifetime? Reflections on Mortality. | The Creative Penn 2010
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It also can be used to treat and prevent dehydration caused by altitude sickness and jetlag.
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How to beat jetlag: Eat moderately and stay hydrated.
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Apologies to anyone who the jetlag has caused me to forget.
Boskone autopope 2009
bilby commented on the word jetlag
Surely this is one you can add between far-flung conferences, moll.
September 2, 2008
mollusque commented on the word jetlag
Thanks, bilby! I returned from Paris on Friday, so I'm back on schedule now.
September 3, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jetlag
Mollusque, did you find any entertaining cephalopods or mollusks on your travels? Perhaps some other fascinating invertebrates?
September 3, 2008
mollusque commented on the word jetlag
No, I was in meetings, rather than doing fieldwork. I did talk with the fellow who named Bathymodiolus boomerang, a clam that looks like a weapon.
September 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word jetlag
Wow, it certainly does. Look like the hunting boomerangs of central Australia, IMO.
September 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jetlag
I hope you guys weren't tossing those things around. Someone could put an eye out. ;-)
September 3, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jetlag
Teh alsome.
September 3, 2008