Saturday night palsy
n.— «He has since seen a neurologist who confirmed his radial nerve palsy and told him that he another victim of “Saturday night palsy syndrome.”» —“Unexpected complication of new love” by Gregory Smith News Leader (Fernandina Beach, Florida) Nov. 27, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Unwrap the name of a candy bar, and you just might find a story inside. For instance, one chewy treat found in many a checkout lane is named after a family’s beloved horse. And: 50 years ago in the United States, some Latino elementary...
A physician in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, shares some of the vocabulary of his patients from Appalachia. There, a misery is anything painful, such as a misery in my jaw if they have a painful tooth or a misery in my back if they have lumbar pain...