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sleep on it

the act of being lazy, and putting things off.

taking things lightly, and too casually.

to sleep on it
i told her she has to take the cat to the vet, but she sleeps on it
sleep on it by neveryoumind February 17, 2005

sleep on it

when someone says something really stupid or obvious that ruins a good joke, everyone but the person who killed the joke goes to sleep. this makes the person who made the killing comment realize that they are an idiot and that they should leave the country.
(someone just got teabagged in march madness '06, this happens when someone tries to defend a dunk under the basket)

kid 1 - hahahaha march madness 06 is so funny cuz on half of the dunks, someone gets balls in their face

kid 2 - hahahahahaha yeah i know! like half the defenders get teabagged when they try to play defense on a dunk!

kid 3 - sleep on it

kid 2 - ok i'm leaving
sleep on it by c0tt0n3y3jo3 July 20, 2008

Sleep-on-it test

An idea that seems great must pass a good night's sleep to be truly great.
Marijn called Joris with a supposedly good idea, just before the night set, so they could perform the sleep-on-it test. Turns out: next morning it seemed AWESOME. To the moon!
Sleep-on-it test by tothemoonretards February 28, 2021

let me sleep on it

Basically wanting to say "fuck yeah I want it" but not having the balls to do so
"Be my burd"
"Let me sleep on it"
let me sleep on it by Biggggboyyy November 29, 2015

Put that in your pillow and sleep on it. 

Another, more sophisticated way for gentlefolk to say, “take that.”
George: “The mine will fail.”

Ross: “But our freedom never will.”
George: (defeated)
Ross: “Put that in your pillow and sleep on it.”

don’t sleep on it 

To make a decision early, before sleeping, therefore meaning it stays in your head.
Your idea is amazing, don’t sleep on it
don’t sleep on it by Cdog6921 November 27, 2017
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Soul digger

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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
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