dipso
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- noun
- /ˈdɪp.soʊ/
- Offensive
:
borracho (informal, ofensivo)
- The town has been trying to help that dipso get back on his feet after years of struggling with alcohol.
Examples
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I used to hang out with a dipso who could never remember what happened the night before.
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I know a lot of dipsos that hate the taste of liquor.
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Your wife is walking around in rags, and you're blowing through my inheritance like a dipso through free muscatel!
Fiction book (2002) -
Everyone knows he's a dipso; he rarely shows up to work because he's always drinking.
Synonyms
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A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often
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A person who often drinks alcohol
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A person who drinks a lot of cheap alcohol and often lives on the street
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who is extremely drunk
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A person who often drinks alcohol like wine or beer
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A slang word for alcohol or a person who drinks too much
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A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who drinks too much alcohol
Antonyms
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dipso: The slang dipso comes from the Greek word dipsa meaning 'thirst' and from the medical word dipsomania, which means 'excessive drinking'. So, a dipso is someone with a strong 'thirst' for alcohol.