Van Winkle
Slumbered twenty years
Van Winkle appears almost exclusively in reference to Rip Van Winkle, the character in Washington Irving's 1819 story who slept for twenty years and woke to find the world transformed.
Someone who's been pulling a Rip Van Winkle has been oblivious to changes happening around them.
The name suggests being out of touch with the times: I feel like Van Winkle—when did everyone start using this app?
- RipInformal given name
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- napBrief daytime rest
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
Irving · mountain · anachronism · sleeper · Catskills · hibernation · folklore · short story · beard · George III · transformation · old man · colonial America · Hudson Valley · Dutch settlers · awakening · time warp · lost time
Van Winkleinsomniac
Person who cannot sleep
wakeful · sleepless · night owl · vigilant · Lady Macbeth
Van Winklenews junkie
Person obsessed with current events
early adopter · trendsetter · plugged-in · au courant · finger on the pulse
Van Winklego-getter
Ambitious, driven person
workaholic · dynamo · hustler · busybody · hyperactive