Gestures of sodden collapse?
Hi, So this is an excerpt from White Noise "I’ve witnessed this spectacle every September for twenty-one years. It is a brilliant event, invariably. The students greet each other with comic cries and gestures of sodden collapse. Their summer has been bloated with criminal pleasures, as always. "
Can someone please tell what "gestures of sodden collapse" means?
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Hi The word 'sodden' can just mean that the people are very wet. However, it can also mean that they've used a lot of alcohol. In a context where people are gesturing, collapsing and bloated with criminal pleasures, I'm going for the second meaning.
- Hi The word 'sodden' can just mean that the people are very wet.
- However, it can also mean that they've used a lot of alcohol.
- In a context where people are gesturing, collapsing and bloated with criminal pleasures, I'm going for the second meaning.
- I think they're probably falling about and gesticulating wildly because they are drunk Dave
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The word 'sodden' can just mean that the people are very wet. However, it can also mean that they've used a lot of alcohol. In a context where people are gesturing, collapsing and bloated with criminal pleasures, I'm going for the second meaning. I think they're probably falling about and gesticulating wildly because they are drunk
Dave
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