anti-nap
An hour or two of wakefulness sandwiched by two periods of sleep. Most are wrongly worried when this happens; it was however the historical norm. The practice quietly died out with electric lighting.
Person 1: You get some last night?
Person 2: Yeah, during an anti-nap.
Person 1: A wha-
*Person 2 smacks the ignorant.*
Person 2: Yeah, during an anti-nap.
Person 1: A wha-
*Person 2 smacks the ignorant.*