dirt nap

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === === Noun === dirt nap (plural dirt naps) (slang, indelicate) A state of permanent rest; the state of death. Synonyms: quietus, the big sleep; see also Thesaurus:death 1989, Laurence Gonzales, The Still Point, “Anatomy of a Drug Bust”, ‘Two: Fort Harrison’, page 119 “You go in there without enough men, you’re liable to end up takin’ a dirt nap.” ==== Derived terms ==== take a dirt nap ==== Translations ==== === References ===