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dirt nap

noun

Etymology

First attested in 1981; dirt (alluding to a dead person’s burial in the earth) + nap (euphemistic in a manner somewhat like with put to sleep but jocular via dark humor).

Definitions

  1. A state of permanent rest

    A state of permanent rest; the state of death.

    • You go in there without enough men, you’re liable to end up takin’ a dirt nap.
    • When I bust my gat, motherfuckers take dirt naps
    • The 54th episode — which deals with a protagonist causing someone's death — is named: Dirt Nap

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA