I was under the assumption that Teetotalism was being a complete lush, but in a conversation with Doug the other day he used it in a story (not about me, thank you, Alice) describing someone who did not drink a drop. Now, in the past, Doug used “site for sore eyes” to mean the opposite (i.e. seeing someone when you didn’t want to see them.
Well, Doug was right. Teetotallers or tea totallers are people that prefer tea over other (namely alcoholic) drinks.
Yay for me! I’m right. I’m right.
Hey, you should have linked to my actual story about you, or are you still mentally stuck in adolescence and afriad that your parents may read that your homebrew your own beer?
But, I do appreciate the newfound terminology. It may come in handy when I have to give my next Word of Wisdom lesson at church. O.k. you guys, we don’t drink alcohol, or coffee, or tea, but as long as you stick to herbal tea, you can consider yourself a teetotallar. (Why is that freakishly reminding me of the days when the word tubular was so rad?)
[...] 15, 2008 · No Comments With Jeremy’s recent post on teetotalers, I figured I should follow suit with a post on beer. George Will [...]
Love the cup with heart tea bag- so cute.
Aren’t people who go to law school supposed to have an above average vocabulary?
Congrats on the third wheel