yoga ibérico
n.— «Después de comer, mejor dicho, después de haberme echado lo que los patriotas decimos el yoga ibérico y los pro yanquis siesta, me voy a una tertulia.» —by Camilo José Cela Los Sueños Vanos, Los Angeles Curiosos , 1979. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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