carousals

plural of carousal
as in drunks
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking came home tired and hungover after an all-night carousal with his friends

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Noun
  • For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.
    Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
  • This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
  • The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.
    Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • That total wasn’t built on epic reading binges or monastic retreats.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Fiedler, who was the co-Continental League Player of the Year along with Chaparral's All-Colorado junior guard Luke Howery, had his scoring binges fueled by his ability to draw fouls.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Carousals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carousals. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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