oh dark hundred en · NOUN
Etymology
From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh", and 00 minutes is read as "hundred", as in oh five-hundred for 5:00 am.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)
I had to get up at oh dark hundred to catch a plane.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-dark-hundred | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
dark thirty · 0-dark-thirty · oh dark thirty · zero dark thirty