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The Word of the Day for May 20 is:

hypnagogic   hip-nuh-GAH-jik   adjective
: of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep

Examples:
"People who play lots of computer games sometimes experience 'screen dreams' as they fall asleep, in which they see vivid images of the game they have been playing. These screen dreams are also products of the hypnagogic state." — From Paul Martin's Counting Sheep, 2002

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