beer goggles
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally 1980s US college slang, from the notion that consumption of beer and other alcoholic beverages causes people to see things differently, as if wearing a type of goggles.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪə ˌɡɒɡl̩z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɚ ˌɡɑɡ(ə)l/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: beer gog‧gles
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, originally US, humorous, informal) The illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.
- 2023 August 30, Linda Geddes, “‘Beer goggles’ study finds alcohol does not make people seem better looking”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- “Their findings essentially suggest that while intoxication may not have resulted in beer goggles, it did seem to increase liquid courage, in that people were more likely to indicate a desire to interact with attractive others,” said Monk, whose previous research had found some evidence to support the beer goggles effect.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Compare “beer goggles, n.” under “beer, n.1”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2022.
- ^ “beer goggles, plural n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
Further reading
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alcohol and sex – “beer goggles” on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “beer goggles, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “beer goggles n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
