the.com/carouse
the ancient art of drinking until the night becomes a legend you can't fully recall
means To drink, feast, and revel boisterously, usually with friends and often well past the point of moderation.
from From the German drinking phrase 'gar aus' — 'all out,' meaning to empty your cup completely, bottoms-up. Sixteenth-century revelers would call 'garaus!' as a command to drain the glass, and the phrase passed into French as 'carrousser' and then English as 'carouse.' So the word literally bottles up the dare to finish your drink in one go — the toast became the verb for the whole rowdy evening that followed.
- German roots
- From 'gar aus,' meaning drink the cup completely empty
- Once an adverb
- Started as how you drank, not the act itself
- No object needed
- You don't carouse something; you just carouse
- Sworn enemy
- Tomorrow morning, every single time
oktoberfest — munich festival drawing 6 million visitors annually since 1810 for beer drinking and revelry
mardi gras new orleans — annual carnival celebration in new orleans featuring parades, masking, and public revelry since 1703
veishea iowa state — iowa state university's week-long spring celebration known for heavy drinking and partying until 2014