A digital sabbath is a regular tech-free day, often weekly. Borrows from the religious sabbath. Not concerning, often a healthy practice. Worth discussing as a family habit. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
digital sabbath
A deliberate once-a-week unplugging — no phone, no laptop, no streaming.
ˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.təl ˈsæb.əθCoined ~20202020sGen Alphatrending330 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026＋ Add a definition
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A deliberate once-a-week unplugging — no phone, no laptop, no streaming. The religious weekly rest, updated for 2025. Sundays are standard; reports of restlessness in hour two are universal; the pay-off usually lands around hour four.
"Sundays are digital sabbath now. Read, walk, no screens."
Origin: Wellness / self-optimization TikTok vocabulary, 2020–2025.
For parents
A digital sabbath is a regular tech-free day, often weekly. Borrows from the religious sabbath. Not concerning, often a healthy practice. Worth discussing as a family habit. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
For ESL learners
Digital sabbath is informal wellness vocabulary describing a regular, often weekly, day without digital devices. Use in wellness and lifestyle writing. Formal equivalent: "a recurring screen-free day." Common non-native mistake: confusing with one-off digital detox. Digital sabbath specifically implies a recurring, often spiritual or family-centred practice. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
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Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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