A rare phenomenon where a person uncontrollably bolts upright in bed and screams at the top of their lungs during the climax of a horrible nightmare. The nightmare in question almost, if not always involves the dreamer in a scary situation where they are about to be killed while also being completely helpless to stop it. But just when the unfortunate dreamer is killed/is about to be killed, the phenomenon occurs. Bonus points if it's a lucid dream.
In one episode of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon experiences a catapult nightmare when he has a vivid dream where Santa Claus appears in his living room and is about to kill him with a giant cannon as revenge for a ridiculous comment he made in a roleplay earlier that day that involved giving Santa a very hard kick in his "Bowl full of jelly" and feeding him to ogres.
As soon as Santa lights the fuse on the cannon, Sheldon wakes up and immediately positions himself upright while screaming for Leonard, and the episode ends.
As soon as Santa lights the fuse on the cannon, Sheldon wakes up and immediately positions himself upright while screaming for Leonard, and the episode ends.
by Ubeenbamboozledson September 24, 2021
Get the Catapult Nightmaremug. Instead of saying living the dream, you can say/use the expression/phrase/saying, "living the nightmare" when your life is chaotic and hectic.
by LingDanc803 August 30, 2023
Get the Living the nightmaremug. A 10-centimeter (3.9 inches) tall nurse with tapir ears that also owns a large pipe. She is a baku, a creature that is said to eat nightmares and look like a tapir. She has a tapir mascot that is sometimes confused to be a small elephant passing gas.
by CilantroKing January 26, 2025
Get the Nimi Nightmaremug. Fantastic movie but incredibly overmarketed particularly to fake wannabe goths who have most likely never even seen the movie in the first place. They just like the imagery surrounding it. If they had actually seen the movie they would know that despite the gothic overtone it's actually a really sweet feel-good film.
Idiot goth kid: Hurr durrrrrrr NiGhTmArE bEfOrE cHrIsTmAs Is My LiFe. LoOk At My TeE sHiRt.
Real fan: Oh yeah looks good I love Jack Skellington.
Idiot goth kid: Hurr durrrrrr WhO iS tHaT
Real fan: You wear a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt but you don't even know the character on your shirt?!
Idiot goth kid: .....
Real fan: That's Jack Skellington you idiot he's the main character in the movie!
Idiot goth kid: Hurrrrr durrrr LeAvE mE aLoNe YoU'rE sO mEaN.
Real fan: Oh yeah looks good I love Jack Skellington.
Idiot goth kid: Hurr durrrrrr WhO iS tHaT
Real fan: You wear a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt but you don't even know the character on your shirt?!
Idiot goth kid: .....
Real fan: That's Jack Skellington you idiot he's the main character in the movie!
Idiot goth kid: Hurrrrr durrrr LeAvE mE aLoNe YoU'rE sO mEaN.
by a frustrated sports fan September 25, 2023
Get the A Nightmare Before Christmasmug. e.g.
'Everything happened in 2020. It was a kumquat nightmare!'
'He's out of control. He wore Hello Kitty crocks to his grandad's funeral. He's a real kumquat nightmare.'
'Don't hire her. At her last job, she tried to climb a wall using only her lips. She's a kumquat nightmare.'
'Everything happened in 2020. It was a kumquat nightmare!'
'He's out of control. He wore Hello Kitty crocks to his grandad's funeral. He's a real kumquat nightmare.'
'Don't hire her. At her last job, she tried to climb a wall using only her lips. She's a kumquat nightmare.'
by iseesounds February 27, 2021
Get the kumquat nightmaremug. A person, place, thing or event that is guaranteed to cause an explosion of nightmares. A scarier and more impactful version of 'Nightmare Fuel'.
by Shellbacks Club🐢 January 30, 2023
Get the Nightmare Napalmmug. by Tinkerdinckle March 11, 2022
Get the Nightmaremug.