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Recent Examples of dipsomania
So adding a hefty pour of ginger beer, some lime juice, and a dope copper mug to your vodka transforms your dipsomania into an actual weekend event.
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Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 15 May 2015
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 15 May 2015
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipsomania
Noun
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Downing a ton over one to two hours can pose hazards like water intoxication, a.k.a. hyponatremia, the medical term for dangerously low sodium levels in the blood.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
12 Aug. 2025
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But not exactly bubbly – the stock traded above 50x in the two years before the March 2000 peak of the tech mania, a time when the public intoxication with risk reached genuine historic extremes that the current speculative wave has not yet even closely approached.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Both have felt the crushing weight of active alcoholism and drug addiction.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
30 July 2025
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That’s kind of like blaming the bartender for your alcoholism.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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“Dipsomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomania. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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