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social lubricants

social lubricants is the plural of social lubricant.

Meaning of social lubricant

Noun

social lubricant (plural social lubricants)

  1. (idiomatic) A food, beverage, drug or activity that helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions.
    • Beer's qualities as a “social lubricant” should play an important role in the debate on the harms of alcohol, according to the boss of Heineken.2025 October 25, Madeleine Speed, “Heineken stirs debate on health with toast to beer’s role as a social lubricant”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

Questions about social lubricants

What is social lubricants the plural of?
Social lubricants is the plural of social lubricant.

Words near social lubricants in the dictionary

  1. social life
  2. social listening
  3. social lives
  4. social loafing
  5. social lubricant
  6. social lubricants
  7. social marginality
  8. social media
  9. social media intelligence
  10. social media revolution
  11. social medias

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