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Socializing's universal solvent, dissolving small talk, inhibitions, and occasionally your dignity.
means Beverages, especially alcoholic ones, consumed for pleasure or in the ritual of going out together.
from From Old English drincan, to swallow liquid, sibling to German trinken; the plural shorthand for an evening out is a 20th-century social upgrade.
Cocktail mysteryThe word's exact 1800s origin is genuinely lost.
Toast literallyRomans dropped charred bread in wine for flavor.
Round economicsBuying rounds reliably costs everyone more than expected.