morningmare

plural morningmares

1. humorousrareA nightmare experienced in the morning.

   What a nightmare! Or morningmare, in this case.

   1997, Anna Collins, Elliot Sullivan, Women Are from Bras, Men Are from Penus: A Survival Guide for Bypassing Communication and Getting Even in Your Relationships, page 27

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   My skin had goosebumps and my hands were damp and cold. I prayed I would never again be troubled by that—morningmare.

   2008, Gary Diehl, Those Were the Days: Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie, and.., page 124

   Talking of nightmares on the M1, we went to York this morning to see the St.Nik. fair. We caught the 8.08 from New Pudsey and had to stand in a packed carriage as far as Leeds. Do people actually do this every day? What a morningmare!

   1999 November 25, Les Hellawell, “Re: Nightmare on the M1 - WARNING: thread convergence link to new thread drift”, in uk.local.yorkshire (Usenet), retrieved 08 Sep 2011