What exactly does "sleep tight" entail?

[aphex]

Yet a phrase i've not fully grasped.

 

[n7]

Don't let the bed bugs bite 😛

 

[Schadenfroh]

The person saying it wishes the dark lord to strangle you tightly in your sleep.

 

[thirtythree]

It seems that tight in this expression is the equivalent of the only surviving use of the adverb tightly meaning 'soundly, properly, well, effectively'. The full Oxford English Dictionary labels the adverb 'now dialectal' and the adjective 'colloquial'. The phrase Good night, sleep tight is a conventional (rhyming) formula used when parting for the night or at bedtime.

 

[chuckywang]

You know what I like to be tight?

 

[Ronstang]

In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

 

[imported_Snagle]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

QFT

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
You know what I like to be tight?

Your boyfriends? 😛

 

[Alchemist99]

Ask your momma I showed her😉

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
You know what I like to be tight?

:beer:

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: n7
Don't let the bed bugs bite 😛

But if they do, hit them with a shoe, and they'll be black and blue.

 

[BMdoobieW]

sleeping close to your honey

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

thanks for the info. great to know 🙂

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

 

[EvanGn]

nm

 

Back in the day some lamer couldn't think of anything that rhymed with 'bite'.

 

[SilverThief]

In prison, it means sleeping on your back.

couldnt resist.
🙂

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: SilverThief
In prison, it means sleeping on your back.

couldnt resist.
🙂

QFT
sleep tight, keep your butthole tight
- Dave Chappele

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

Originally posted by: Snagle
QFT

Originally posted by: PHiuR
thanks for the info. great to know 🙂

Originally posted by: alm4rr

Uh...source?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Ronstang
In the old days there were not box springs but just a web of ropes between the frame boards to support the matress. They became loose over time and needed to be tightened or you slept in a saggy bed. So "sleep tight" was a nice way of wishing someone to have tight bed ropes for a comfortable night's sleep.

thanks for the info. great to know 🙂

aww thats so benign.🙁 was hoping for something more dark like the ring around the rosey stuff.