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tømmermænd

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Etymology

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Literally “carpenters”, from tømmer (timber) +‎ mænd (men). The figurative sense refers to the throbbing headaches frequently experienced during a hangover.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tœmərmɛnd/, [ˈtˢœmɐˌmɛnˀ]

Noun

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tømmermænd c

  1. hangover, veisalgia
  2. (by extension) an unpleasant feeling after completing a strenuous or energetic activity
    • 2017, Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Ordet er sjælens spejl: Samtaler der befrier, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      I England er det anderledes; de har haft Indien og Afrika, og lige nu forsinkede tømmermænd fra Jamaica, kravene om milliarder af pund som kompensation for slaveri.
      In England, it is different; they have had India and Afriica, and right now a belated hangover from Jamaica, the demands for billions of pounds as compensation for slavery.
    • 2012, Poul Funder Larsen, Spillet om milliarderne: Pengenes veje og vildveje i europæisk fodbold, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      I Sydeuropa er de pinefulde tømmermænd efter boomårenes voldsomme overforbrug også ved at sætte ind i fodbold.
      In Southern Europe, the painful hangover after the violent over-consumption of the boom-years has also begun to make itself apparent in football.
    • 1972, Personalhistorisk tidsskrift:
      ... og hvor utilfredsheden gav et resultat, som utvivlsomt har givet mange, der stemte på Glistrup, tømmermænd dagen efter.
      ... and where the dissatisfaction yielded a result that has, no doubt, given many who voted for Glistrup a hangover the day after.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: timburmenn

See also

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Noun

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tømmermænd

  1. indefinite plural of tømmermand