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nap hangover

The sensation of grogginess, temporal displacement, and nausea that sometimes follows a poorly placed nap.
I can't sleep now- I'll be useless all afternoon from nap hangover.
nap hangover by kalirush February 8, 2008
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nap hangover

The groggy, tired, unable-to-open-one's-eyes feeling that one can experience after a midday nap.
I fell asleep on accident, and not only did I lose the hour I slept for, but I lost another hour or two to the nap hangover.
nap hangover by kalirush September 17, 2008

Nap Hangover

The fuzzy, drowsy, and nauseous feeling that follows a long napping period, usually lasting 15-30 minutes.
Kyle: Why does Danny seem so tiresome?
Joe: He's still recuperating from his nap hangover, Mr. Patterson's lecture on electromagnetism put him to sleep.
Nap Hangover by Johnzy November 19, 2011

Nap Hangover

When you are trying to power nap but instead end up over-sleeping and you wake up more tired than you were before. You have a nap hangover. Symptoms include: drowsiness, headaches, yawning, feeling fuzzy, and pressing the snooze button too many times.
Me: bro, I meant to take a 20 min power nap and ended up sleeping for 2 hours instead. My head is hella fuzzy.

Friend: sounds like you have a nap hangover. Better get some coffee to wake you up.
Nap Hangover by Kivster;) May 25, 2017

hangover nap 

the long ass naps you take when you're hungover
"I just woke up from my 4th hangover nap."
hangover nap by bethany_esda April 7, 2019

naphangover 

The headache, numbness, and discomfort that is experienced by a person when a power nap turned into a 4-hour nap marathon. It's when a 30-minute nap turns into a 4-hour nap that is not quite long enough to qualify for a true sleeping session.
It's 7PM on a Friday night. You decide to take a 30 minute nap, so that you'll have more energy for the weekend's events. 4 hours later, the intended 30 minute power nap turned into a 4-hour nap marathon.

Eddie: What time is?

Jane: It's 11PM

Eddie: Oh man! I was supposed to wake up before 8PM to meet up with the guys, but now I have this crazy headache.

Jane: You are experiencing a naphangover.
naphangover by mischief81 July 24, 2010