napambush
/ˈnæpˌæmbʊʃ/nounVerified NewAlso in: Schläfchenhinterhalt (Deutsch) · siesteemboscada (Español) · siesteembuscade (Français)
The nap that takes you on the sofa against your plans — the sleep that was waiting in the cushions.
The napambush begins with "I'll just sit for a minute" and ends two hours later with a blanket someone else put on you and a plan in ruins. The ambush is total: the book is still on the chest, the tea is cold, and the ambushers have already left.
Etym. — nap + ambush — the military metaphor for the involuntary nap; an ambush is exactly an attack from a place you thought was safe.
Rel. — naproulette · napcommitment
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