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Saturday night syndrome
noun- tachycardiac fibrillation US
- It used to be called “Saturday Night Syndrome”, brought on by all-night dancing, carousing, and strenuous sexual activity. — Larry Rivers, What Did I Do?, p. 154, 1992
- prolonged local pressure on a limb with resulting prolonged ischemia (inadequate blood supply) US, 2004
So named because of the tendency to drink to the point of extreme intoxication and then pass out with a limb dangling across the arm of a chair or the edge of a bed. - the stress and fear suffered by preachers who wait until Saturday night to write their Sunday sermon US
- In the preaching trade there’s that thing called the “Saturday night syndrome”, and what that is, is the anxiety caused by putting off the sermon until Saturday night. Fortunately, I know nothing about that issue! — Dr. John M. McCoy, The Worrying Mind (sermon), 7 May 2000
- the tendency of a restaurant kitchen to fail to live up to its highest potential on the busiest night of the week, Saturday night US
- We’re not sure whether this was because of the “Saturday night syndrome” or because chicken is something Franco does particularly well. — Improper Bostonian, May 2001
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