stupid o'clock

English

Noun

stupid o'clock (uncountable)

1. (informal, humorous) A time of day, usually during the night or early in the morning, considered unreasonable or when one is prone to poor judgment.
   • 2013, Pippa Wright, The Foster Husband, Pan Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 47:

     […] Is there an actual reason you've rung me at stupid o'clock, or did you just want to make me feel even worse about everything than I already do?'

   • 2014, Slam Daniels, The Bin Diaries: India‎^[1], AuthorHouse, published 2014, →ISBN:

     FUCKING DOGS!!!!! That's both nights now. Waking me up at stupid o'clock in the morning with that stupid noise that comes out of their stupid mouths and making my stupid heart pump right through my chest!

   • 2015, James Goss, Haterz‎^[2], Solaris, published 2015, →ISBN:

     The thing is, we've all posted things online at stupid o'clock. That's why they call it stupid o'clock.

   • 2019 June 30, Drachinifel, 29:34 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 048‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 November 2022:

     And that brings us to the end of the question-and-answer session for this truncated episode of the Drydock. Again, apologies for not being able to offer a full episode; however, at the time that I've got to this stage of the recording, I have about two to three hours before I need to go to sleep and then wake up at stupid o'clock to start the drive to Tankfest.

Synonyms

• crack of dawn, oh dark thirty, wee small hours, silly o'clock; see also Thesaurus:early morning