Definition of a food coma

food coma    

noun

• the tiredness experienced after eating a satisfying meal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Food for Thought: A Makeshift Thanksgiving", The McGill Tribune, Adam Levine, 11/24/09 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: food and drink (related to).
  • See more words with the same meaning: tired.

  Last edited on May 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'food and drink (related to)':
snarf	Definitions include: to expel liquid (or, more rarely, food) out one's nose by laughing in the middle of a swallow.
cream of some young guy	Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item.
keg stand	Definitions include: the drinking of beer directly from a keg while doing a handstand on it.
app	Definitions include: "application."
grub up	Definitions include: to eat.
road soda	Definitions include: a alcoholic beverage consumed "on the road" (i.e. in a vehicle.)
training wheels	Definitions include: salt and a lime to accompany a shot of tequila.
pack it in	Definitions include: to eat a lot.
lupper	Definitions include: a meal between lunch and supper.
jones	Definitions include: to feel withdrawal symptoms, especially from a drug.
weenie	Definitions include: penis
piggy	Definitions include: pig.
booze	Definitions include: alcohol.
lay into	Definitions include: to eat voraciously.
toastie	Definitions include: a toasted sandwich.
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Other terms relating to 'tired':
f*g	Definitions include: a cigarette.
out of it	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs.
beat	Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
Peter	Definitions include: a disliked person.
done	Definitions include: tired or worn out.
peter out	Definitions include: to get tired.
baked	Definitions include: under the influence of marijuana; "stoned".
inquant	Definitions include: fatigued to the point of ludicrous hysteria. In other words, when one is so tired that one can't stop laughing.
deaded	Definitions include: extremely tired.
do in	Definitions include: Food poisoning
strung out	Definitions include: on drugs.
wasted	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
smoked	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or marijuana.
fried	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").
pooped	Definitions include: tired.
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Other terms relating to 'food':
de-food	Definitions include: to vomit.
dogfood	Definitions include: to use one's employer's unreleased product during the course of one's day.
eat (one's) own dog food	Definitions include: for a company's products to be used internally.
fast food	Definitions include: food from a restaurant, prepared quickly.
food	Definitions include: drugs, particularly crack cocaine.
food baby	Definitions include: a metaphorical baby in one's stomach, created by over-eating.
food for thought	Definitions include: something to think about.
food stamp	Definitions include: a person who feels like the world owes them a favor.
give birth to a food baby	Definitions include: to defecate.
go fooding	Definitions include: verb, the act of obtaining food; going to eat.
junk food	Definitions include: unhealthy snack food.
million-dollar body with a food stamp face	Definitions include: a person with a very ugly face but a very sexy body has a "million-dollar body with a food stamp face".
rabbit food	Definitions include: vegetables.
soul food	Definitions include: traditional southern United States food.
treat like dog food	Definitions include: to treat a person very poorly.
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