good drunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who is cheerful and companionable when intoxicated, retaining reasonable control of his or her mental and emotional faculties.

en-au-good drunk.ogg

good drunk good drunks

Probably first used in literature in this manner by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises (1926).

happy drunk

sad drunk

hold one's liquor

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