What is a good name for the wee hours of the day?

There doesn't seem to be any word for it in the English language. I'm talking about the time of day after midnight and before dawn. They have names for every other part of the day, but not this.

Yes, I know it's at night time. That's a no-brainer. Morning and afternoon are during the day though, and they still have names.

The night is always darkest before dawn, and I'm on a mission to comprise a name for the time of day after the evening and before morning. Which of these do you think sounds most fitting?

Afternight 6
Avantdawn 5
Foredawn 7
Gloaming 4
Predawn 7
Starlight 6
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  • Johnnytherat

    I call it crackhead hour. cuz only crackheads are awake.

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    • Holzman_67

      don't forget the insomniacs!

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  • disthing

    Existing ones I like:

    The Witching Hours.
    The Small Hours.
    Stupid O'Clock.
    The Dead of Night.

    Here are some I made-up:

    Aftermoon
    Quarternight
    Darkestnight
    Deepnight
    The Earliest
    The Fast: what comes before breakfast? The fast of course!
    The Owls: contraction of Owl Hours i.e. the nocturnal hours owls are active
    The Quiet: since they tend to be the quietest hours of the day

    Out of your choices:
    Foredawn
    Predawn

    F.Y.I. Gloaming is already a word for the twilight between sunset and dark during which dusk takes place

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  • LornaMae

    Ah, I wouldn't want it to change! I'm happy with wee hours, I think it's cute... if I have to choose from your options, starlight it is - even if Muse stole the word...

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    • shuggy-chan

      that cause you always wake up to weewee after midnight, but before you need to get up. wee hours

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  • anti-hero

    Darktime.

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    • This gets my vote.

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  • Hugh*Janus

    Is this supposed to be a retard test?

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  • Freedom_

    weenight?

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  • Jeaneathean

    Agreed with Lorna: wee hours is fine.

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  • Shackleford96

    Afternight sounds good to me :)

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    • LornaMae

      I suppose it makes sense if you think of after-noon... but then shouldn't it be something like aftermidnight? :S

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      • Shackleford96

        Maybe, i don't know though. Afternight just feels right somehow.

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        • disthing

          But technically it's still night, so aftermidnight would make more sense - although it doesn't sound as pleasant as afternight.

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          • Shackleford96

            Good point, I concur.

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  • Steve2.0

    What about: Fuck-hours.

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  • pixie_dust

    jack off/hooker hours? why do u think porn shops are 24 hrs? that's when people are horniest.

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    • Daugenstein2

      Now, how do you know? Have you done a consensus? I'm horny 24/7, baby?

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  • GustavoGutiĆ©rrez

    What a fine mission.

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    • Daugenstein2

      Indeed

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  • RoseIsabella

    I personally prefer to refer to those pre-dawn early morning hours as Heavy Early.

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    • Daugenstein2

      Why Heavy Early?

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      • RoseIsabella

        Its a WKRP in Cincinnati reference. On an episode where Dr. Johnny Fever I had to work overnights he called himself Heavy Early.
        :-)

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        • Daugenstein2

          Oh, okay! I would've chosen foredawn myself because it sounds catchy like something from Game of Thrones.

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  • KingRabbit

    0 dark thirty

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    • RapidlyRotatingPanda

      "The harrowing story of a woman who menstruated violently for a full decade"
      That was my IMDB review of that film.

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  • Holzman_67

    netherday

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    • Holzman_67

      or crazy oclock lol

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