that tired feeling

English

Advertising Poster

Etymology

From the advertising slogan "For “That Tired Feeling” take Hood's Sarsaparilla", coined by Charles I. Hood (1845-1922). (See citations.)

Noun

that tired feeling

1. An extended lethargy.
   • 1894 October 14, “In Printer's Ink, the Secret”, in The New York Times‎^[1], volume XLIV, page 21:

     His great advertising line, “For That Tired Feeling Take Hood's,” has come into national fame.

   • 1894 May, Frank Kraft, “That Tired Feeling”, in The Medical Advance‎^[2], volume XXXI, number 5, pages 293–4:

     ... That Tired Feeling is at the bottom of all distressing complaints and is the bane of our latter-day civilization.

   • 1922, Boyd Fisher, Mental Causes of Accidents‎^[3], Houghton Mifflin Company, page 225:

     He knows that “that tired feeling” may be most acute at the beginning of the spell of work, and wear away as one warms up.