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Originally Posted by bonespirit
Hi, the meaning of the phrase 'narcoleptic beauty' is like, ok, how can I explain this... Being narcoleptic, it feels like you're constantly switching from asleep to awake. So if you take awake to be beautiful, then asleep is ugly, so it's the idea that someone can switch quickly between being beautiful and ugly. Not in the physical sense, but like switching between a nice person and a not nice one..? Hope that makes sense.
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people typically do not consider 'asleep' to be ugly. you might want to try a word like 'sporadic,' 'intermittent,' or even 'temporary.' something that captures the 'off/on' feeling.
-db