oh dark hundred
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oh dark hundred
Where it comes from
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.
noun 0-dark-hundred
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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.
Similar: crack of dawn, stupid o'clock, wee small hours
Talk about this word "oh dark hundred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oh%20dark%20hundred. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oh dark hundred. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oh%20dark%20hundred "oh dark hundred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oh%20dark%20hundred.Cite this
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title = {oh dark hundred},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oh%20dark%20hundred},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
