morning grouch
someone who hates the early morning hours
TRANSLATION
morning grouch= der Morgenmuffel (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX morning grouch: approximately 1,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Are you a MORNING GROUCH until you’ve had that all-important cup of coffee?
(BBC Online)
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For the MORNING GROUCH, there's a Peaceful Progression Wake-up Clock, which begins to wake up heavy sleepers with soft light, soothing aromas and nature sounds. And if none of that works, there's the buzzer.
(The Edmonton Canada Journal)
(BBC Online)
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For the MORNING GROUCH, there's a Peaceful Progression Wake-up Clock, which begins to wake up heavy sleepers with soft light, soothing aromas and nature sounds. And if none of that works, there's the buzzer.
(The Edmonton Canada Journal)
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morning grouch
noun, slang
- a person who often wakes up in a bad mood and does not function well in the morning
DH
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WORD ORIGIN
A grouch is someone who constantly complains and is in an irritable mood most of the time. It derives from the Middle English grucchen, meaning to grumble or complain. Thus the morning grouch is a person who is grumpy in the morning. The picture of the morning grouch is familiar to most everyone: irritable, needs three cups of coffee before beginning any discussion, sits down at the breakfast table with half-shut eyes, uncombed hair and if a male species always maintains a three-day-old beard. The morning grouch could just as well carry a big sign with the words "Caution! Dangerous Animal!"
The opposite of the morning grouch, and therefore his or her worst nightmare, is the early riser. This species likes to wake up at 5:45, jumps directly out of bed and into the shower, merrily runs through the house whistling and has the annoying habit of conducting cheerful wake-up calls (Good morning everyone! Time to rise and shine!). Meanwhile the morning grouch groans under the bed covers.
As an alternative to the term morning grouch, keep the phrase "surly riser" in mind. This is a nice word play, since surly means grumpy but rhymes with early.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY’S CONVERSATION
say something like:
"Better not telephone before 10.00 a.m., he’s a bit of a morning grouch."
noun, slang
- a person who often wakes up in a bad mood and does not function well in the morning
DH
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WORD ORIGIN
A grouch is someone who constantly complains and is in an irritable mood most of the time. It derives from the Middle English grucchen, meaning to grumble or complain. Thus the morning grouch is a person who is grumpy in the morning. The picture of the morning grouch is familiar to most everyone: irritable, needs three cups of coffee before beginning any discussion, sits down at the breakfast table with half-shut eyes, uncombed hair and if a male species always maintains a three-day-old beard. The morning grouch could just as well carry a big sign with the words "Caution! Dangerous Animal!"
The opposite of the morning grouch, and therefore his or her worst nightmare, is the early riser. This species likes to wake up at 5:45, jumps directly out of bed and into the shower, merrily runs through the house whistling and has the annoying habit of conducting cheerful wake-up calls (Good morning everyone! Time to rise and shine!). Meanwhile the morning grouch groans under the bed covers.
As an alternative to the term morning grouch, keep the phrase "surly riser" in mind. This is a nice word play, since surly means grumpy but rhymes with early.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY’S CONVERSATION
say something like:
"Better not telephone before 10.00 a.m., he’s a bit of a morning grouch."
