Wørd of the week – Butt crack of dawn

The very ugly end of the early morning, daybreak seen in an unappealing condition.

Usage:

After three hours sleep I got up at the butt crack of dawn;

or

After dragging myself around Probe all night I crawled out of the place to face the butt crack of dawn.

The crack in this term alludes either to the suddenness of sunrise or to the small wedge of light appearing as the sun rises over the horizon. Originally the term was usually put as crack of day.

This phrase has merged with the term “butt crack” or “plumbers crack ” meaning the slow moonrise as an overweight plumber with low-slung jeans bends down and leans further and further forward trying to reach behind a pipe under the sink.

Admittedly this is a phrase and not a word, but I am not the Oxford Frickin Dictionary either. So sue me.