The Language Of Intoxication: The Term ‘Drunk’ Doesn’t Really Cut It Any More

The language that drinkers typically use to describe alcohol’s effects on them are quite different from the language used by alcohol researchers, no doubt limiting researchers’ understanding of self-reported alcohol use. New findings show that researchers could do well to tap into a wide spectrum of terms used by drinkers to describe their levels of intoxication; also, these tend to differ by gender.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on December 19th, 2008