HANGOVER
(also see HUNGOVER)
ADJECTIVES
– BABALAAS suffering from a hangover …1947 S. Afr. sl.
– BABALAASED suffering from a hangover …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– BAKED hungover …Bk1994 sl.
– BIG-HEADED having a hangover …Bk2006 US sl.
– COMATO-CRAPULOSE in a state of drowsiness and headache consequent on intoxication …1850 humorous nonce word
– CRISPY hungover …Bk1994 sl.
– DAMAGED drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover …1851 Amer. sl.
– HUNG hung-over, suffering from the effects of drinking alcohol …1958 sl.
– HUNG OVER suffering from the after-effects of having drunk too much alcohol …1942 US sl.
– OOREY, OORIE, OORY hungover …20C Ulster sl.
– OVERHUNG hung-over …1964 sl.
– STALE-DRUNK feeling languid after a night’s debauch, hungover; said of a person when drinking again before completely recovered from a previous bout; having been drunk at night and having taken too many stimulants the next morning …1823
– UNDER THE WEATHER intoxicated with alcohol or having a hangover …19C sl.
– WAMBLETY-CROPPED suffering from an upset stomach due to excessive drinking …L17 sl.
– WOMBLE-CROPPED intoxicated with alcohol and very sick; hungover …18C Brit. sl.
– WOMBLE-SCROPT suffering from an upset stomach due to excessive drinking …L17 sl.
– WOMBLETY-CROPPED suffering from an upset stomach due to excessive drinking …L17 sl.
– WOMBLE-TY-CROPT intoxicated with alcohol and very sick; hungover …18C Brit. sl.
NOUNS
– BABALAAS a hangover …1949 S. Afr. colloq.
– BABALAASDOP the drink taken to alleviate the hangover; the ‘hair of the dog’ …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– BABALAZI a hangover …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– BABELAAS a hangover …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– BARREL-FEVER a hangover …19C sl.
– BENDER MENDER a hangover cure, esp. a stiff drink …1988 Sc. sl.
– BLUE FLU a hangover …Bk2006 US sl.
– BORDEAUX HAMMER † a vinous headache ..1576 humorous
– BOTTLEACHE a hangover …Bk2006 US sl.
– BROWN BOTTLE FLU a hangover or sickness from drinking …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUBBLEJAS a hangover …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– CORPSE REVIVER a strong (mixed) drink intended to cure a hang-over …1865 jocular, orig. US
– CURER an alcoholic drink taken to alleviate the symptoms of a hangover …1996 Sc. sl.
– FAT HEAD a hangover …1910s sl.
– GALLON DISTEMPER a hangover …E19 sl.
– HAIR a curative drink for a hangover …M19 US sl.
– HAIR OF THE DOG an alcoholic drink taken to allay the effects of drinking too much alcohol; a hang-over cure …1546
– HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU an alcoholic drink taken to allay the effects of drinking too much alcohol; a hang-over cure …1546
– HOT COPPERS a mouth and throat parched through excessive drinking; severe thirst, a hangover …1848 sl.
– KATZENJAMMER a hangover; a symptom of a hangover …1849 Amer. dial.
– MISERABLES, THE a hangover …L19 sl.
– ONE a hangover …1980s sl.
– PAGNE a hangover caused by drinking champagne …1999 UK sl.
– QUART MANIA a hangover; delirium tremens …19C sl.
– REGMAKER a drink taken to relieve the symptoms of a hangover; a pick-me-up …S. Afr.
– SNOZZLE-WOBBLES a hangover …M20 US sl.
– WINEACHE a hangover from wine; severe intestinal pain resulting from overindulging in wine, esp. cheap wine …20C US sl.
– WOOFITS a hangover, esp. if notably unpleasant …20C US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1980 ► HALF-POWER a worker working with a hangover → US sl.
PHRASES
1950 ► FEELING LIKE THE WRATH OF GOD feeling very ill, esp. if from a bad hangover → sl.
VERBS
1857 ► FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → Amer. dial.
1889 ► HAVE A HEAD ON to have a hangover → Amer. sl.
1892 ► FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → Amer. dial.
1892 ► FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → Amer. dial.
L19 ► COME OUT OF SOAK to get over one’s hangover → sl.
1909 ► FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → Amer. dial.
1999 ► SUFFER A RECOVERY to recover from a hangover → Aust. sl. (Bk.)