TEETOTAL, TEETOTALISM, TEETOTALLER
ADJECTIVES
► ON THE DEAD off liquor; teetotal → L19 army sl.
► ON THE WAGON said of someone who is teetotal → 1906 sl.
► PUSSYFOOT committed to or advocating total abstinence; teetotal → 1919
NOUNS
► NEPHALISM total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism → 1861
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABDAR a teetotaller → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► ABSTAINER a person who abstains from drinking alcohol; a teetotaller → 1854
► BLUE NOSE a person who is excessively puritanical; now esp. one who advocates abstinence from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller → 1928 Amer. dial.
► BLUE-NOSED WOWSER a killjoy; a teetotaller → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BUN-PUNCHER a teetotaller → L19 army sl.
► BUN-STRANGLER a teetotaller → L19 army sl.
► BUN-WALLAH a teetotaller → L19 army sl.
► CHAR-WALLAH a teetotaller → 20C army sl.
► COLD-WATER MAN a total abstainer; a teetotaller → 1894 Sc.
► HYDROPOT ► HYDROPOTE a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks → 1727
► HYDROPOTIC a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks → 1623 obs.
► HYDROPOTIST a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller → 1678 obs.
► LEMONADE WALLAH a teetotaller → L19 Brit. army sl.
► NEPHALIST one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller → 1861
► NEVER TOUCH IT a teetotaller → L19 Aust. sl.
► POP-WALLAH a teetotaller → 19C military sl.
► PROHI a prohibitionist; a teetotaller → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PROHIDE a prohibitionist; a teetotaller → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUSSYFOOT an advocate or supporter of prohibition; a teetotaller; also, a person who interferes with or spoils the fun of others; a killjoy → 1919
► TACK WALLAH a total abstainer from alcohol; a man who was teetotal → World War I sl.
► TEAPOT a ‘teapot sucker’; a total abstainer; a teetotaller → 1885 UK sl.
► TEAPOT SUCKER a teetotaller or other spoilsport; one who suppresses every form of amusement → 1900 UK sl.
► TEETEE a total abstainer; a teetotaller → 1900 Sc.
► TEETOTAL a teetotaller; a total abstainer → 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► T.T. a teetotaller → L19 sl.
► WAD-SHIFTER a person who never drinks intoxicants; a teetotaller → 1933 UK sl.
► WATERBAG a fanatical teetotaller → 1930s Aust. sl.
► WATER-BOTTLE a total abstainer; a teetotaller → L19 sl.
► WATER-SOP a water-drinker, a teetotaller → 1500 obs.
► WHITE RIBBONER a person who wears a white ribbon as a symbol of temperance; a teetotaller → 1886
► WOWSER a teetotaller → 1957 sl.