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sleepy

Tending to induce sleep.

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🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

Tending to induce sleep.

a sleepy English village
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  • “OK the time for the sleepy has come.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hope you've caught up with Episode 8 of our #sixties #music #podcast! Listen in wonder as we try to swerve a SAUSAGE HOLE, discuss Dion's Wiki Hyperbole, deliver the post and try not to awaken a sleepy lion.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Sleepy Hollow (1999) Directed by Tim Burton https://onesheet.org/movie/sleepy-hollow-1999/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Who knew streaming a story and dialogue heavy game for 7 hours would wreck your voice and make you sooo soo sleepy. @__@ I'm glad tomorrow is my day off (i say this but will still be hard locking-in tomorrow. just...quietly )”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Where have the 'sleepy Joe' digs gone?! The bitch doesn't say it anymore!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

Suggesting tiredness.

a sleepy drink or potion
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

Tired; feeling the need for sleep.

Origin: From , from (attested in unslǣpiġ), from , equivalent to . Cognate with , , dialectal , slepig, , släpig, slöpig, archaic. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Next we'll be hearing what a great job he did ending the war in Afghanistan, unlike Sleepy Joe Biden.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Wishing sleepy spooder snuggles for you”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “👀 Sleepy Don! This is not a person even remotely able to carry out his duty as president of this country. He is struggling to remain awake…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Sleepy Shmoe Dozing Don Somnolent Sociopath Forty Winks Felon”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “11. im gonna give the whole list of places SLEEPY'S HOUSE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS berlin amsterdam vienna naples tokyo seoul perth adelaide NYC singapore i think some place in china, not for long tho havana”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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