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your body's nightly impression of a chainsaw nobody asked to start
means To breathe with a harsh, rasping or grunting sound during sleep, caused by the vibration of soft tissue in the throat as air passes through a partly obstructed airway.
from From Middle English snoren, 'to snort,' and ultimately imitative — a word built from the very noise it names, part of a whole snorting, snoring, sneezing family of Germanic 'sn-' words that all start at the nose. Its cousins live on in Dutch snoren and German schnarchen; the 'sn-' cluster has been doing nasal duty across the Germanic tongues for a very long time.
- peak volume
- can hit 90 decibels, louder than a lawnmower
- divorce cause
- cited in real marital separation filings
- animal proof
- dogs, cats, and even rats snore
- loudest record
- a woman once snored at 111 decibels
- airflow culprit
- vibrating throat tissue makes the racket
jonah hill snoring scene — from 'superbad' (2007), memorable comedic scene that became widely quoted
world snoring championship — held annually in sweden, competitive event where snorers compete for loudest decibels
sleep apnea snoring — medical condition affecting millions, characterized by loud snoring followed by breathing pauses