Who is Cooter Brown? And just how high is he? His name appears in lots of phrases, including “high as Cooter Brown,” “drunk as Cooter Brown,” “dead as Cooter Brown,” “fast as Cooter Brown,” and “fertile as Cooter Brown.” The earliest known...
nomunication n.— «The intimacy that drinking fosters between friends, clients and colleagues has given rise to a new word: “Nomunication,” a bilingual coinage combining the Japanese for drinking with communication...
Feel like having a little “hair of the dog”? Grant and Martha explain what dog hair has to do with hangover cures. And what do you call it when random objects form a recognizable image, like a cloud resembling a bunny, or the image of Elvis in...
beer tie n.— «Talk to pub landlords and one of the most insistent complaints is something called the “beer tie.” It means that not only must they pay rent to the PubCo that owns their premises—they must buy all their beer from...
boozerang
n.— «Boozerang, n. The boomeranglike negative effects of alcohol consumption.» —“Boozerangs and Other Hangovers” by Pawlie Kokonuts The Laughorist Mar. 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
power hour n. celebratory or recreational drinking in which a shot of alcohol is taken each minute for 60 minutes. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)