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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2015, 06:58 AM Jan 2015

potvaliant

potvaliant adj. inclined to fight when drunk.

pictured: The Drunkards, James Ensor 1883

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potvaliant (Original Post) My Good Babushka Jan 2015 OP

Proper usage in a sentence in a theme Tobin S. Jan 2015 #1

Good one! pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #2

I thought that JackInGreen Jan 2015 #3

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #4

Tobin S.

(10,420 posts)

1. Proper usage in a sentence in a theme

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:25 AM

Jan 2015

most of my fellow Indianans will recognize to help further understanding.

"Billy-Ray was potvaliant when he punched his brother, Danny-Joe, in the face and threw him off the mobile home porch."

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. Good one!

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:21 AM

Jan 2015

Usually we just use descriptive terms like "beer goggles" and the like instead of inventing new words. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn there are other invented words for beer courage, maybe something like beermuscles. Nice painting, too.