Expressions for the common or garden hangover highlight the linguistic idiosyncrasies of various cultures around the world. — Unsplash pic via ETX StudioNEW YORK, April 20 — If you indulged too much in alcohol this past weekend, you may have experienced a hangover.
If it is any consolation, bear in mind that anglophones are not the only ones to face difficult mornings after drinking more than they should, cultures from around the world are particularly inventive when it comes to describing a day after too much booze. Nearly every country where it is legal to consume alcohol has its own special expression to describe the effects of over indulgence also known as “veisalgia,” a term recently invented by American researchers which is a portmanteau of the Norwegian “” refers to the dry-mouth feeling that occasionally accompanies the morning after a night of excess.
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