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Carcalepsy
The act of falling asleep, usually within minutes and in the passenger or backseat, during a car trip. It is especially prevalent among those promising to navigate.
Mom gets carcalepsy on the way home from Grandma's every Sunday, but she always wakes up when we try to change the radio station.
Carcalepsy by amsterdandi October 25, 2008
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Cataleptical
In a state in which conscienceness and feeling are lost in which the body assumes a death-like rigidity.
-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"
-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"
A settled apathy; a gradual wasting away of a person and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character worthy unusual diagnosis.
-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"
-from "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Cataleptical by theanubishomosapien September 8, 2010
cataleptic
The state of cats on catnip. You could call it "nipped out" but that probably has other definitions...
cataleptic by Midwest_Expatriate July 6, 2004
acatalepsy
Origin: Greek
The impossibility of comprehending the universe.
In philosophy, is the incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending.
The impossibility of comprehending the universe.
In philosophy, is the incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending.
The universe is acatalepsy.
acatalepsy by yols February 19, 2021
cataleptic
cataleptic by T W January 5, 2005
Carolepsy
Carolepsy by Bluffingcloud August 16, 2017
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