ContextPhrase · Ages 13-25 · In use
all-nighter
Staying up all night, usually to study or finish an assignment, sometimes to game or party.
I pulled an all-nighter for the history project and I'm dead today.
For parents and educators
Common and often bragged about. Sleep matters for learning and mood, so a pattern of all-nighters is worth a look at workload, stress and late-night screens.
Where it came from
An informal term in English since the late 1800s.
Also heard as
pull an all-nighter, all nighter