I need a word!
August 19, 2007 5:13 PM Subscribe
I need a word!
I am looking for a word that means a place you go and curl up to relax and recuperate after a meal. A comfortable digestive-y sort of place.
Like lions curling up in the shade of a tree, all tumbled on top of each other with full bellies.
Or possibly the feel of BEING in such a place.
Any takers?
I am looking for a word that means a place you go and curl up to relax and recuperate after a meal. A comfortable digestive-y sort of place.
Like lions curling up in the shade of a tree, all tumbled on top of each other with full bellies.
Or possibly the feel of BEING in such a place.
Any takers?
A "den"? That recalls both wherre lions curl up, and the name of the room where the (male?) humans sit with their brandy and cigars after the meal as well.
I usually think of it as "a warm rock" but that's probably too metaphorical for your use.
posted by hattifattener at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2007
I usually think of it as "a warm rock" but that's probably too metaphorical for your use.
posted by hattifattener at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2007
Best answer: Not quite what you're after, but maybe "postprandial" will come in handy in this context.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2007
Lair?
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 5:28 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 5:28 PM on August 19, 2007
Rocking chair or fireplace, fireside. Maybe because it's summer, patio, porch and veranda also come to mind as pleasant places to hang out and relax after dinner.
posted by PY at 5:30 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by PY at 5:30 PM on August 19, 2007
Best answer: Comfartment.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:32 PM on August 19, 2007 [5 favorites]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:32 PM on August 19, 2007 [5 favorites]
Postprandial parlour?
I always thought of a parlour as a place where people go sit and relax after a meal, though I'm not sure if that's entirely correct. I think it also might be just an audience chamber.
Are you looking for a word or phrase that really exists, or do you want people to make something up that would work?
Also, "siesta" comes to mind, as one of the definitions is "a nap after the midday meal."
posted by Squee at 5:35 PM on August 19, 2007
I always thought of a parlour as a place where people go sit and relax after a meal, though I'm not sure if that's entirely correct. I think it also might be just an audience chamber.
Are you looking for a word or phrase that really exists, or do you want people to make something up that would work?
Also, "siesta" comes to mind, as one of the definitions is "a nap after the midday meal."
posted by Squee at 5:35 PM on August 19, 2007
Comfartment sounds like a place you go to pass gas.
My vote goes to cubby.
posted by SassHat at 5:35 PM on August 19, 2007
My vote goes to cubby.
posted by SassHat at 5:35 PM on August 19, 2007
In my family, such a nap is known as a "burrito nap," and the location in question is a "burrito nest."
posted by majick at 5:47 PM on August 19, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by majick at 5:47 PM on August 19, 2007 [2 favorites]
Classically, after the meal, one withdraws from the dining room to the drawing room.
posted by MiamiDave at 6:00 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by MiamiDave at 6:00 PM on August 19, 2007
Ahhhh...sanctuary.
Postprandial sanctuary. Think I'll put a sign on my bedroom door that says "P.S."
So, specifically then: bed. My belly's place of refuge and protection.
posted by iguanapolitico at 6:07 PM on August 19, 2007
Postprandial sanctuary. Think I'll put a sign on my bedroom door that says "P.S."
So, specifically then: bed. My belly's place of refuge and protection.
posted by iguanapolitico at 6:07 PM on August 19, 2007
The feeling might be saited.
posted by mrmojoflying at 6:12 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by mrmojoflying at 6:12 PM on August 19, 2007
Recupertorium
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:07 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:07 PM on August 19, 2007
Write to these people.
But Postprandialitorium gets my vote.
posted by nax at 7:12 PM on August 19, 2007
But Postprandialitorium gets my vote.
posted by nax at 7:12 PM on August 19, 2007
Best answer: The first thing I thought of was a growlery. A growlery is actually a place one retreats to when in a bad mood but after a heavy meal I really don't want to be bothered. Unless you want to come join me in a nap I'm likely to snap at you if you come and pester me. So, I give to you the growlery.
posted by BoscosMom at 7:17 PM on August 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by BoscosMom at 7:17 PM on August 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
More concise than Postprandialitorium:
postprandium
postprandory
ruminatory (after "ruminate", which is what cows do to further digest grass)
posted by amtho at 7:26 PM on August 19, 2007
postprandium
postprandory
ruminatory (after "ruminate", which is what cows do to further digest grass)
posted by amtho at 7:26 PM on August 19, 2007
The feeling might be saited.
Sated, I think.
Sauteed?
You're all looking for satiated, possibly. An excellent word for this situation, I think.
posted by MadamM at 7:35 PM on August 19, 2007
Sated, I think.
Sauteed?
You're all looking for satiated, possibly. An excellent word for this situation, I think.
posted by MadamM at 7:35 PM on August 19, 2007
Best answer: I think you get to invent a new word here! A needed one too. Digestasnorium? Snoozburpatory? bloatstery? There should be a half bath attatched.
posted by longsleeves at 7:42 PM on August 19, 2007
posted by longsleeves at 7:42 PM on August 19, 2007
Gemütlichkeit
Wow. Once again I learn that the Germans have a word for everything.
(Personally, I vote for comfy. Short of more gemütlich options, it's a favorite attribute of mine.)
posted by metabrilliant at 8:13 PM on August 19, 2007
Wow. Once again I learn that the Germans have a word for everything.
(Personally, I vote for comfy. Short of more gemütlich options, it's a favorite attribute of mine.)
posted by metabrilliant at 8:13 PM on August 19, 2007
sanctum sanctorum
posted by 517 at 10:32 PM on August 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by 517 at 10:32 PM on August 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
Might you be wanting a Snuggery? They tend to be smallish, though, and ill-suited to crowds.
posted by mumkin at 12:13 AM on August 20, 2007
posted by mumkin at 12:13 AM on August 20, 2007
unbucklorium?
posted by vanoakenfold at 2:50 AM on August 20, 2007
posted by vanoakenfold at 2:50 AM on August 20, 2007
the Torporarium
posted by willconsult4food at 2:28 PM on August 20, 2007
posted by willconsult4food at 2:28 PM on August 20, 2007
metabrilliant-- so that would make it a "gemutlichkitchen."
Oh. Yeah.
posted by nax at 4:34 PM on August 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
Oh. Yeah.
posted by nax at 4:34 PM on August 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I wish I could mark all of these as favorites. They're fabulous.
posted by tabubilgirl at 1:45 AM on August 21, 2007
posted by tabubilgirl at 1:45 AM on August 21, 2007
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posted by bruce at 5:21 PM on August 19, 2007