#drunkonyms — Public Fediverse posts
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"There is a long tradition of coming up with colorful expressions for #drunkenness in the English language, with the Oxford English Dictionary listing a usage as early as 1382: "merry," meaning "boisterous or cheerful due to alcohol; slight drunk, tipsy." Another OED entry from 1630 lists "blinde" (as in blind drunk) as a drunkonym. Even Benjamin Franklin got into the act with his 1737 Drinker's Dictionary, listing 288 words and phrases for denoting drunkenness. By 1975, there were more than 353 synonyms for "#drunk" listed in that year's edition of the Dictionary of American Slang. By 1981, linguist Harry Levine noted 900 terms used as #drunkonyms."
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"There is a long tradition of coming up with colorful expressions for #drunkenness in the English language, with the Oxford English Dictionary listing a usage as early as 1382: "merry," meaning "boisterous or cheerful due to alcohol; slight drunk, tipsy." Another OED entry from 1630 lists "blinde" (as in blind drunk) as a drunkonym. Even Benjamin Franklin got into the act with his 1737 Drinker's Dictionary, listing 288 words and phrases for denoting drunkenness. By 1975, there were more than 353 synonyms for "#drunk" listed in that year's edition of the Dictionary of American Slang. By 1981, linguist Harry Levine noted 900 terms used as #drunkonyms."
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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can. - The lads from Edgar Wright's 2013 sci-fi comedy World's End know when t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004735 #collostructions #humancognition #linguistics #drunkonyms #language #science #slang
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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can. - The lads from Edgar Wright's 2013 sci-fi comedy World's End know when t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004735 #collostructions #humancognition #linguistics #drunkonyms #language #science #slang
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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can. - The lads from Edgar Wright's 2013 sci-fi comedy World's End know when t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004735 #collostructions #humancognition #linguistics #drunkonyms #language #science #slang
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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can. - The lads from Edgar Wright's 2013 sci-fi comedy World's End know when t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004735 #collostructions #humancognition #linguistics #drunkonyms #language #science #slang
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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can. - The lads from Edgar Wright's 2013 sci-fi comedy World's End know when t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004735 #collostructions #humancognition #linguistics #drunkonyms #language #science #slang