Word of the Day for Friday, January 7, 2011
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katzenjammer \KAT-suhn-jam-er\, noun:
katzenjammer \KAT-suhn-jam-er\, noun:
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1. The discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
1. The discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
2. Uneasiness; anguish; distress.
3. Uproar; clamor.
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The B.O. and his fellow Dems are suffering from a bit of katzenjammer from their drunken excessive spending spree of the last two years; the party's over, boys and girls!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Katzenjammer stems from American English, a combination of the German Katze, "cat," and jammer, "distress." The word was popularized by the early comic "The Katzenjammer Kids."
Katzenjammer stems from American English, a combination of the German Katze, "cat," and jammer, "distress." The word was popularized by the early comic "The Katzenjammer Kids."
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