Morning Commute: Cush Lash

I hate the term jet lag. Or worse, "I'm jet lagged." I don't think that should be the most common way to describe the feeling after a long plane trip between time zones. I guess it's shorter than, "I haven't quite adjusted to the time differential between the origin of my travels and my current location." Still, "lag" doesn't work for me. Here me out.

If you travel west to east, it makes sense. Your body is still on the earlier time when you land, hence you lag the current time. But when you travel east to west, the opposite is true: your internal clock is actually ahead of the local time. So how is that lagging/lagged/lag? And what if you don't even fly on a jet? What if you fly on an airplane? Not everything that is in the air uses jet engines. Some make use of that new fangled technology called a propeller. If I take a prop plane from Omaha to Los Angeles, can I really be jet lagged?

So, is there a better term? I hate semi-PC things like "travel fatigue." That sounds like something a marine might wear while flying from Virginia to Baghdad. I think this is one of those things that should have a name that is totally unrelated to the actual feeling (like when your hand or feet "go to sleep." Really, when things are asleep they have an annoying feeling like they are being jabbed with pins and needles? I was unaware.). I'm going with "Cush Lash."

I am so cush lashed from my flight back east last night. Yeah, my body is totally feeling the time lag after my jet flight across country.