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Vinony

jet lag

noun

  1. a condition that is characterized by various psychological and physiological effects (such as fatigue and irritability), occurs following long flight through several time zones, and probably results from disruption of circadian rhythms in the human body
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Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt.læɡ/ / /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/

noun

Etymology: Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.

  1. A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.

    “She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic.”