DAYDREAM, DAY-DREAMER, DAYDREAMING
ADJECTIVES
1340 — IN A BROWN STUDY in a daydream; deep in thought
1841 — CASTLE-BUILT of the nature of daydreams
..20C — BLIND TO THE WIDE daydreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream → sl., orig. US
..20C — DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD daydreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream → sl., orig. US
..20C — DEAD TO THE WORLD daydreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream → sl., orig. US
..20C — OUT TO THE WIDE daydreaming, unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream → sl., orig. US
1900 — BUILDING ECCLES IN THE AIR daydreaming, building castles in the air → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1980 — IN A ZONE daydreaming, out of touch with reality → US students’ sl.
1996 — AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES daydreaming, possibly drug-intoxicated, mentally deranged → Ireland sl.
1999 — AWAY WITH THE BIRDIES day-dreaming, in another world; intoxicated → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — AWAY WITH THE PIXIES daydreaming, in another world, intoxicated → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1966 — IN A ZONE in a daydream → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1974 — ON THE ZONE lost in a daydream → US sl.
INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
1999 — ONLY GOT ONE OAR IN THE WATER said of a daydreamer or an incompetent person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — WAKE UP, AUSTRALIA! said to a daydreamer → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1400 — CASTLE IN THE AIR a daydream, an idle fancy; a visionary project or scheme
1750 — AERIAL ARCHITECTURE building ‘castles in the air’; a daydreaming → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1711 — CASTLE-BUILDER a daydreamer, a visionary schemer; one who builds castles in the air
1752 — CASTLE-HUNTER a daydreamer, a visionary schemer; one who builds castles in the air → obs.
1920 — UNCONSCIOUS a daydreamer → sl.
1939 — WALTER MITTY a person who indulges in daydreams; someone who imagines a more adventurous or enjoyable life for himself than he actually leads; one who lives in a fantasy world in which he is brilliant, famous, courageous, etc.
1984 — OUTPOST a person who is out of touch with reality; a daydreamer → US students’ sl.
1999 — HEAD-TRIPPER a daydreamer → sl.
VERBS
1970 — DAZE to daydream → US students’ sl.
1993 — GAP OUT to daydream and miss something from lack of attention → Can. sl.
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