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AEIOU TIPS

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AEIOU TIPS is the initialism of alcohol.

Meaning of alcohol

Noun

alcohol (countable and uncountable, plural alcohols)

  1. (countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
    • Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN
  2. (colloquial) Ethanol.
  3. (uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
    • Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2019, page 76
  4. (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

Origin of AEIOU TIPS

Ealiest known use is from April 1980 in a paper by Carl C. Bell.

Questions about AEIOU TIPS

What is AEIOU TIPS the initialism of?
AEIOU TIPS is the initialism of alcohol.

Words near AEIOU TIPS in the dictionary

  1. aegyptosuchids
  2. Aegyptus
  3. aegyrine
  4. aegyrines
  5. AEI
  6. AEIOU TIPS
  7. Aeka
  8. ael
  9. Aelita
  10. aelodicon
  11. aelotropic

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