(noun) The way people grind to an unbelievably slow trundle when surrounded by either too many opportunities to buy (like a shopping malls) or garish tourist attractions (like Disneyland).
"Dude, I'm sorry we're late for dinner. There was crushing tourist torpor at the mall, it took us 25 minutes just to get to the car."
by b1-66er June 10, 2008
The heavy sleepiness you experience after a very large meal. PMT frequently strikes after lunch during the 'graveyard shift'.
by RJH August 26, 2006
She is living with them in conditions of domestic comfort but emotional torpor in White Point, a fishing community north of Perth.
When the water evaporates, the crocodiles estivate, or pass the summer in a kind of torpor.
When the water evaporates, the crocodiles estivate, or pass the summer in a kind of torpor.
by 19841984tk May 30, 2022