December 30th, 2009

let’s bring crapulous back

Before the term “hangover” became popular in 1904, one was apparently “crapulous” following a night of drunken debauchery, according to the online etymology dictionary.

After the 1530s we were crapulous, and now we’re just “hung over”. What went wrong? Let’s bring craupulous back.


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