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horizontal narcolepsy 

When one uncontrollably falls asleep every time they lay down flat, parallel to the floor, even if it is not a planned "nap time."
Roger: "Hey man, why weren't you in class today?"

Matt: "Dude, i laid down on the couch to watch TV and my horizontal narcolepsy kicked in... woke up 4 hours later."

butt narcolepsy

When your ass falls asleep, in the same way that your leg or your arm does. Can occur at any time without warning. It tends to recur, and may be more properly referred to as a chronic condition as such. Reports indicate that some find it pleasant, while others don't.
Person 1: Hey, why is Johnson sitting like that?
Person 2: Well, he told me the other day that he's got butt narcolepsy.

Person 1: Ah, sorry to hear that. Hope he's doing alright with it.
Person 2: Ya he manages.
butt narcolepsy by general_racc April 13, 2017

meeting narcolepsy

When an individual falls asleep as a side effect of a boring office meeting.
I don't know why but each time we have a team meeting, Chris suffers from sudden meeting narcolepsy.
meeting narcolepsy by Hugo V. February 20, 2008

Bar Narcolepsy 

Bar Narcolepsy, often shortened to Barcolepsy, is a disorder characterized by a sudden and uncontrollable urge to fall asleep while out drinking with friends. Bar narcolepsy is often triggered by excessive amounts of alcohol.
Bar narcoleptics can often be seen sleeping on couches, stairwells and in extreme cases the floor.

Bar narcoleptics are usually accompanied by friends who try and escape the attention of the bounces by holding them in and upright position and pretending to engage them in conversation.
Friend 1: It's your turn to watch Emily, she has fallen asleep on the couch again.

Friend 2: I think she might have Bar Narcolepsy.
Bar Narcolepsy by liquidroom July 11, 2011

narcolepsy 

(n) a chronic and usually hereditary sleep disorder in which the person affected will suffer spontaneous bouts of sleep (or "sleep attacks") during the day. Symptoms include: extreme sleepiness, typically followed by sleep attacks and last for fifteen minutes; dream-like hallucinations; sleep paralysis, where you cannot move when you start to fall asleep or just after you wake up; and cataplexy, which is an abrupt loss of muscle tone (basically, your muscles "fail you").

The disorder is not fatal, but can be depending on the situation you find yourself having a sleep episode. There is no cure for narcolepsy at the moment.
For more detailed information on narcolepsy, visit a medical site.
narcolepsy by MarigoldP July 18, 2012

movie narcolepsy 

condition in which movies put one instantaniously to sleep
Person 1: what kind of movies do you like?
Person 2: Dude, I have movie narcolepsy
movie narcolepsy by Ronni* December 24, 2008
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