Re: You have a word for it?

On 25 Jan 02, at 18:26, Elliott Belser wrote:

> Katzenjammer (German, for, erm, 'cats copulating') is a word for a
> trancendentally severe hangover.
Erm, not quite. More like "the sound of cats whining (as during mating
time)". "Jammern" is "to whine", more or less. It's got nothing to do
with copulation _per se_.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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