dreamin'
Lost in thought
Dreamin' is an informal spelling of dreaming, representing the dropped g of casual speech.
It appears in song titles, dialogue, and anywhere a relaxed or musical tone is wanted: California dreamin' on such a winter's day.
The spelling signals informality rather than any difference in meaning.
Acronym for dreaming phase
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- pillowBedding for heads
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- driftingMoving without purpose
snoozing · dozing · unconscious · restless · deep · napping · bed · drowsy
Desiring something hoped-for
- hopingDesiring with expectation
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- goalsIntended end results
- visionAbility to see
fantasy · yearning · longing · imagining · desire · future · possibility · someday
Sectioning areas by use
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- musingReflective contemplation
contemplation · faraway · trance · haze · abstracted · unfocused · woolgathering · spaced-out
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- pillowBedding for heads
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
drifting · snoozing · dozing · unconscious · restless · deep · napping · bed · drowsy · midnight
wishing
Desiring something hoped-for
vision · fantasy · yearning · longing · imagining · desire · future · possibility · someday · aspirations
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
musing · contemplation · faraway · trance · haze · abstracted · unfocused · woolgathering · spaced-out · staring
Californian
Native of a western state
- FleetwoodEnglish fishing port town
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
Everly · harmonizing · ballad · soulful · doo-wop · lyrics · melody · chorus · falsetto · vocal
trippin
Behaving irrationally, slang
groovin · relaxin · mellowing · unwinding · kickin · stylin · livin
dreamin'pragmatic
Focused on workable solutions
grounded · practical · clear-eyed · down-to-earth · level-headed
- keep dreamingDismissive of unlikely hopes
- lucid dreamingSleep state with awareness
- dreaming spiresOxford's iconic towers