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fever dream
[ fee-ver dreem ]
noun
- a particularly distressing, scary, or bizarre dream that a person may have when experiencing a fever:
Bedridden with pneumonia, he had a fever dream in which bony old cats were climbing the walls of his room.
- a situation, circumstance, or experience, typically unfavorable, that is odd enough to be likened more to a dream than to reality:
So far, college has felt like a fever dream—ever since I arrived I’ve just felt so out of place.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fever dream1
Example Sentences
I was aware of that anticipation and I was hoping they wouldn’t be too disappointed by the announcement of the company, but I’m just really really excited about this endeavor and it’s certainly something that Ilene and I have been in a fever dream about for, I don’t know, gosh, twenty years or so.
Backstage, Garai joked that she had a "terrifying thought" while standing on stage that she was "maybe accepting the award on behalf of the wrong play, which was kind of like a fever dream I've had for the last few weeks".
And it’s as hilariously unplanned as you’d expect from two dudes who can make a catch-up session between friends feel like a fever dream.
The New York Times journalist, who has also written books about the Rough Riders, the Civil Rights Act and whiskey, chronicles how national hysteria can take on a life of its own, like a deadly fever dream that overtakes the public consciousness.
But the law was written in 1996 when the web was tied to telephone wires, and location-based social media sex apps were a fever dream of science fiction.
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