Word of the week

Published April 25, 2015

WORDS are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Food coma’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary.

Food coma

Definition: (Noun; Informal)

A state of sleep or extreme lethargy induced by the consumption of a large amount of food.

Examples:

“Once my food coma finally wore off, I headed to the races.”

“Their pizza is more doughy than cheesy, so although we did feel like fat kids afterwards we weren’t in a food coma.”

“Even though my friend and I were in a complete food coma, we rounded out the dinner with chocolate cake and raspberry sauce.”

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