We’ve talked before about that stuff that builds up in your eyes after a night’s sleep, and listeners keep chiming in with more, including googlies, eye-winkers, and from a listener who grew up in the Philippines, morning stars. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Morning Stars”
Remember when we put out the question about what do you call those little crusty things in your eyes when you wake up in the morning?
Oh yeah, you wake up. I call them sleep and you call them eye boogers or something, right?
No, I don’t call them eye boogers. I call them sleepy.
Oh, something cute, of course.
We heard from Debra in Dallas, Texas, who says that her parents immigrated from the Philippines.
And there, that stuff in your eyes is called morning stars.
Morning stars.
That may be the best one yet, right?
I know.
They also in the Philippines apparently say morning glory, but her family call them morning stars, which I think is really lovely.
Well, if you’ve got a term for the crusties in your eyes when you wake up in the morning, let us know.
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