teetotaller
a person who drinks no alcohol
TRANSLATION
teetotaller = der Abstinenzler/die Abstinenzlerin --- GOOGLE INDEX teetotaller: approximately 234,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
I'm only a beer TEETOTALLER, not a champagne teetotaller.
- George Bernard Shaw
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The TEETOTALLER who conquered clubland
"I need total clarity of mind. If I can make something that gives me a buzz when I'm dry, it will have a bigger effect on people when they're high."
- Japan Times reporting about Lincoln Barret, Disc Jockey
- George Bernard Shaw
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The TEETOTALLER who conquered clubland
"I need total clarity of mind. If I can make something that gives me a buzz when I'm dry, it will have a bigger effect on people when they're high."
- Japan Times reporting about Lincoln Barret, Disc Jockey
Did you
know?
teetotaller
noun
- a non-drinker, someone who abstains from alcohol
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There is general agreement that the first use of "teetotal" in reference to abstention from alcohol was in a speech to an English temperance (non-drinkers) society by a man named Richard Turner in 1833. Whilst some of his contemporaries drew a moral distinction between beer and hard liquor, Turner urged his listeners to abstain from all types of alcohol.
Contrary to popular legend, there is no evidence that Turner recommended "tea" as an alternative to alcohol, or that his listeners were encouraged to mark the letter "T" for "Total Abstinence" on their pledge cards at the meeting. The "tee" on the front of "total" was just a common way of giving extra emphasis to a word during that time, a process linguists call "reduplication."
U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes was a famous teetotaller. His wife acquired the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" because of her practice of serving guests non-alcoholic beverages while entertaining in the White House.
(sources: Word Detective, Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
abstainer, non-drinker
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
Say something like:
"No alcohol for me, thanks. I'm not a teetotaller, I'm just driving tonight."
noun
- a non-drinker, someone who abstains from alcohol
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There is general agreement that the first use of "teetotal" in reference to abstention from alcohol was in a speech to an English temperance (non-drinkers) society by a man named Richard Turner in 1833. Whilst some of his contemporaries drew a moral distinction between beer and hard liquor, Turner urged his listeners to abstain from all types of alcohol.
Contrary to popular legend, there is no evidence that Turner recommended "tea" as an alternative to alcohol, or that his listeners were encouraged to mark the letter "T" for "Total Abstinence" on their pledge cards at the meeting. The "tee" on the front of "total" was just a common way of giving extra emphasis to a word during that time, a process linguists call "reduplication."
U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes was a famous teetotaller. His wife acquired the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" because of her practice of serving guests non-alcoholic beverages while entertaining in the White House.
(sources: Word Detective, Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
abstainer, non-drinker
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
Say something like:
"No alcohol for me, thanks. I'm not a teetotaller, I'm just driving tonight."
