hydrate or diedrate
- idiom
- Slang
:
hidrátate o muérete
- The camping guide joked, 'It's simple: hydrate or diedrate!'.
Examples
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Don't forget to hydrate or diedrate during your workout, especially on hot days.
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She carried a big water bottle to ensure she would hydrate or diedrate throughout the festival.
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Don't forget to hydrate or diedrate during the hike!
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When it's hot outside, remember to hydrate or diedrate!
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Don't forget to hydrate or diedrate during your workout, especially on hot days.
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She carried a big water bottle to ensure she would hydrate or diedrate throughout the festival.
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When it's hot outside, remember to hydrate or diedrate!
Synonyms
34
3.3
To add water to something or to take water into the body
8
2.6
Drink enough water so your body can work well
To have a quick drink to feel less thirsty
Surface Forms
Morphology
hydrate + or + diedrate
This is a playful, nonstandard coinage that relies on rhyme and morphological play: 'diedrate' is not a real word but evokes 'die' and 'dehydrate' as an opposite to 'hydrate', so the intended meaning (drink water or risk dehydration/serious harm) can be inferred by recognizing the pun. Because comprehension requires noticing the jokey manipulation rather than straightforward compositional meaning, it is only partially predictable for a B1 learner and not fully transparent.
Etymology
Hydrate or diedrate is a funny rhyme that turns hydrate, meaning 'drink water', into the made-up diedrate, which sounds like 'die', to warn you in a playful way. So the saying helps people remember to 'drink water' to avoid becoming very tired or sick from not drinking enough.