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...
If you’re hung over, and someone offers you a little “hair of the dog,” you can rest assured you’re not being offered a sip of something with real dog hair in it. But was that always the case? Grant has the answer, and Martha...
black aspirin n.— «If you drink water between drinks and then drinka hell of a lot before you go to bed, the hangover is minimised. Then lots of black aspirin [Coke] the next day.» —“What’s the definitive cure for a hangover...
black aspirin n.— « Coke, often referred to as black aspirin or black Berocca, must be the full strength, non-diet stuff, to get the sugar.» —“Hangover Cures” by Patrick Cornish West Australian Dec. 27, 1997...
Negadelphia n.— «It’s a well-earned hangover and, in a city so often referred to as Negadelphia, a welcome glass half-full approach.» —“Reid thinks Birds can learn from first-half mistakes” by Dana Pennett...
veisalgia n. a hangover. Etymological Note: Norwegian kveis ‘uneasiness following debauchery’ + Greek algia ‘pain.” This word was coined by the authors of the first cite. There may be a double-entendre in the word kveis, as it is also a word...