dayhorse

A bad dream iduring daylight hours. Derived from the term 'nightmare', the opposite of 'night' is 'day' and the opposite of 'horse' is 'mare', hence the term 'dayhorse.'

Lends itself to the verb, 'dayhorsing'; someone who is in the process of having a bad dream in the day time.

"Oh look, Jimmy is dayhorsing again."

Someone who has regular dayhorses is known as a 'dayhorser'.

Johnny had a really terrifying dayhorse after lunch.

Oh look, Jimmy is dayhorsing again.

Mickey is a right dayhorser when he eats Weetos for breakfast.

by Dermy D Turbo May 28, 2014

dayhorse

A bad dream iduring daylight hours. Derived from the term 'nightmare', the opposite of 'night' is 'day' and the opposite of 'horse' is 'mare', hence the term 'dayhorse.'

Lends itself to the verb, 'dayhorsing'; someone who is in the process of having a bad dream in the day time.

Someone who has regular dayhorses is known as a 'dayhorser'.

Johnny had a really terrifying dayhorse after lunch.

Oh look, Jimmy is dayhorsing again.

Mickey is a right dayhorser when he eats Weetos for breakfast.

by Dermy D Turbo May 28, 2014

Drayhorse

A person who works non stop at often tedious or difficult tasks with little or no recognition.

My friend's wife never rests. Between housework, laundry and cooking, she works like a drayhorse.

by Grammaramy August 22, 2016