What does the word teetotal mean?

What does the word teetotal mean?

A person who abstains from alcohol might choose tea as his or her alternative beverage, but the word teetotaler has nothing to do with tea. More likely, the “tee” that begins the word teetotal is a reduplication of the letter “t” that begins total, emphasizing that one has pledged total abstinence.

What do you call someone who doesn’t drink alcohol?

abstainer, teetotaler. (or teetotaller), teetotalist.

Where did teetotal come from?

teetotal (v.) “pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink,” 1834, a word possibly formed from total (adj.) with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally “totally,” though not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-English).

What do you call someone who has never done drugs?

A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler (plural teetotalers) or is simply said to be teetotal. The teetotalism movement was first started in Preston, England, in the early 19th century.

Are teetotalers happier?

When it comes to alcohol consumption and depression, a new study by a team of Norwegian and British researchers shows that heavy drinkers – but also teetotalers — have higher levels of depression and anxiety than those who drink moderately. …

Are teetotalers healthy?

In general, those two groups of people in the abstainer category are not as healthy as those who are lifelong teetotalers, research shows. That means these less healthy people skew the data. So, the moderate drinkers end up looking healthier by default.

Is 3 beers a day too many?

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, drinking is considered to be in the moderate or low-risk range for women at no more than three drinks in any one day and no more than seven drinks per week. For men, it is no more than four drinks a day and no more than 14 drinks per week.

Are You a teetotaler?

None of these people are teetotalers. A teetotaler is someone who refuses to imbibe any and all alcohol-containing liquids. Where did this curious word come from and how did it come to be applied to those who totally abstained from drinking?

What does it mean to be teetotal?

Did you know? A person who abstains from alcohol might choose tea as his or her alternative beverage, but the word teetotaler has nothing to do with tea. More likely, the “tee” that begins the word teetotal is a reduplication of the letter “t” that begins total, emphasizing that one has pledged total abstinence.

Did Turner invent the word “teetotal”?

The fact Turner mentions signing the “teetotal pledge” rather than the “total pledge” suggests that it was a more or less accepted way of describing the pledge, and using the word may not support the idea that he had coined the word by an accidental stutter.

When did teetotalism begin?

Teetotal and teetotaler first appeared with their current meanings in 1834, eight years after the formation of the American Temperance Society.

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