Slang word of the day: food coma

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food coma

noun

• the tiredness experienced after eating a satisfying meal.

  Each [Thanksgiving], I gorge myself full of turkey, stuffing, brussels sprouts, string beans, and mashed potatoes and then sleep off my food coma on the couch with football... blasting in the background.
  
  -- "Food for Thought: A Makeshift Thanksgiving", The McGill Tribune, Adam Levine, 11/24/09

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