Definition: The strategic placement of one or more pillows vertically down the center of a shared bed to create a symbolic, yet largely ineffective, demilitarized zone between two sleeping homies. This flimsy barrier serves as a psychological comfort blanket, signaling mutual respect for personal space while acknowledging the inevitable futility of maintaining perfect separation during the night. It’s a performative gesture of “we’re not that close,” even as limbs inevitably breach the pillow wall by sunrise. The partition is less about physical separation and more about maintaining the socially acceptable illusion of boundaries.
Example: When crashing at Mike’s after the concert, we immediately instituted a strict Pillow Partition down his double bed. By morning, my foot was nestled against his shin and his arm was draped over my defensive pillow fortress – the treaty utterly failed.