Overdoss

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To oversleep, thus missing the intended railway stop. UK, intransitive, slang

    "[…] my next memory is of awakening to look out of the window, seeing the puke stained glass and realizing to my horror that it was light outside. We were experiencing what is commonly known in the bashing world as 'overdossing'."

Example

More examples

"[…] my next memory is of awakening to look out of the window, seeing the puke stained glass and realizing to my horror that it was light outside. We were experiencing what is commonly known in the bashing world as 'overdossing'."

Etymology

From over- + doss.

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