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social hangovers

social hangovers is the plural of social hangover.

Meaning of social hangover

Noun

social hangover (plural social hangovers)

  1. (colloquial, uncommon) A feeling of exhaustion experienced after excessively engaging in social activities.
    • Wallace felt the social hangover brought about by the recklessness of American occupation, warfare, and statehood. “We are now like fast boys upon their travels, and our imprudences have brought us into trouble,” he mused.2004, William F. Deverell, Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past, University of California Press, page 22

Questions about social hangovers

What is social hangovers the plural of?
Social hangovers is the plural of social hangover.

Words near social hangovers in the dictionary

  1. social group
  2. social groups
  3. social handbag
  4. social handbags
  5. social hangover
  6. social hangovers
  7. social histories
  8. social history
  9. social housing
  10. social hygiene
  11. social immunity

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