Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social jet lag

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
so-cial -jet lag
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.

Uncountable

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What does social jet lag mean?
A mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.
Where does social jet lag come from?
Coined by chronobiologist Till Roenneberg and later popularized by his book Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired (2012).

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