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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Hangover and blackout

What is the exact meaning hangover and blackout? And what is the proper way of using these words?

Can I say as follows?

I have got a hangover and I blacked out?
  

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Both of these terms refer to alcohol overuse. If you drink too much, your body cannot handle the alcohol. You feel sick even after sleep.

— Doctor D

  • Both of these terms refer to alcohol overuse.
  • If you drink too much, your body cannot handle the alcohol.
  • You feel sick even after sleep.
  • So the day after drinking you are still feeing the effects.
  • " If you drink incredibly much alcohol, it erases your ability to remember your actions.
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Both of these terms refer to alcohol overuse.

If you drink too much, your body cannot handle the alcohol. You feel sick even after sleep. So the day after drinking you are still feeing the effects. You are "hung over."

If you drink incredibly much alcohol, it erases your ability to remember your actions. You can still act and talk, but you will not remember do
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Thanks for your reply. Then, can I say as follows?

Yesterday, I drank too much .

I've got a hungover.

I blacked out.

I had a black out.
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Sorry, misread that.

You can say:

I've got a hangover.

Or

I am hung over.

I blacked out.

and

I had a black out.

are fine.
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