dipsomania
a compulsive desire to drink alcoholic beverages
TRANSLATION
dipsomania(c) = Trunksucht, Alkoholsucht (Trunksüchtiger)
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The truth is that political parties "need" money in the same way that a DIPSOMANIAC needs drink... And they only really "need" this money in order to buy their way into office."
(Geoffrey Wheatcroft - The Guardian - 9th August 2002)
(Geoffrey Wheatcroft - The Guardian - 9th August 2002)
Did you
know?
dipsomania
noun
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Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. In the 19th century, dipsomania was a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcoholism.
The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek dipso (thirst) and mania.
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SYNONYMS
Anglo-Saxons do like drinking, hence there are lots of synonyms for drunken:
bashed, befuddled, boozed up, blasted, blitzed, buzzed, canned, crocked, dipso, drinking, drunken, flushed, flying, fuddled, glazed, groggy, hammered, high, hosed, in orbit, inebriated, jolly, jugged, juiced, laced, legless, liquored up, lit, lush, merry, muddled, oiled, overcome, pie-eyed, pissed (British), plastered, plowed, potted, seeing double, sloshed, soaked, sotted, soused, sozzled, spaced, stewed, stoned, tanked, three-sheets-to-the-wind, tight, tipsy, totaled, under the influence, wasted, wiped out, wrecked, zoned, zonked
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Things That Are Difficult to Say When You're Drunk
- Innovative
- Preliminary
- Proliferation
- Cinnamon
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Things That Are VERY Difficult to Say When You're Drunk:
- Specificity
- British Constitution
- Passive-aggressive disorder
- Transubstantiate
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Things That Are Almost IMPOSSIBLE to Say When You're Drunk:
- Sorry, but you're not really my type
- No kebab for me, thank you
- Oh, I just couldn't - no one wants to hear me sing
- Nope, no more booze for me
- Good evening officer, isn't it lovely out tonight?
noun
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Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. In the 19th century, dipsomania was a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcoholism.
The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek dipso (thirst) and mania.
---
SYNONYMS
Anglo-Saxons do like drinking, hence there are lots of synonyms for drunken:
bashed, befuddled, boozed up, blasted, blitzed, buzzed, canned, crocked, dipso, drinking, drunken, flushed, flying, fuddled, glazed, groggy, hammered, high, hosed, in orbit, inebriated, jolly, jugged, juiced, laced, legless, liquored up, lit, lush, merry, muddled, oiled, overcome, pie-eyed, pissed (British), plastered, plowed, potted, seeing double, sloshed, soaked, sotted, soused, sozzled, spaced, stewed, stoned, tanked, three-sheets-to-the-wind, tight, tipsy, totaled, under the influence, wasted, wiped out, wrecked, zoned, zonked
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Things That Are Difficult to Say When You're Drunk
- Innovative
- Preliminary
- Proliferation
- Cinnamon
---
Things That Are VERY Difficult to Say When You're Drunk:
- Specificity
- British Constitution
- Passive-aggressive disorder
- Transubstantiate
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Things That Are Almost IMPOSSIBLE to Say When You're Drunk:
- Sorry, but you're not really my type
- No kebab for me, thank you
- Oh, I just couldn't - no one wants to hear me sing
- Nope, no more booze for me
- Good evening officer, isn't it lovely out tonight?
