brown-out
n.— «Brown-out (n.): A state between drunk and black-out where although you remember most key moments of the night, you are unable to remember how those memories are connected.» —“Offering a crash course in Hopkins’ language of love” by Jess Beaton in Johns Hopkins News-Letter (Boston, Mass.) Mar. 31, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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