veisalgia n. a hangover. Etymological Note: Norwegian kveis ‘uneasiness following debauchery’ + Greek algia ‘pain.” This word was coined by the authors of the first cite. There may be a double-entendre in the word kveis, as it is also a word...
veisalgia n.— «Perhaps the most alarming feature of veisalgia is its high prevalence.» —“The Alcohol Hangover” by Jeffrey G. Wiese; Michael G. Shlipak; Warren S. Browner Annals of Internal Medicine June 6...
hamster care n.— «One might wonder why it is necessary to pay a bounty to get a doctor to call you back. The answer is that under the watchful eye of managed care and insurance companies, the quality of care has gotten so awful that...
care leaver n.— «The list of young people, like care leavers and abuse victims, who can claim benefit because they live away from home is being extended to include young people who are—in the words of the DSS—”genuinely estranged...
care leaver n. a person who has been a ward of the state but no longer qualifies for or receives any government assisstance. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
care leaver n.— «Leaving care arrangements must be evolutionary over a period often of many years and links should remain for as long as a young care leaver needs them.» —“Department Of Health—John Bowis Addresses Leaving Care...