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bacchanal

[bah-kuh-nahl, bak-uh-nal, bak-uh-nl, bak-uh-nl] / ˌbɑ kəˈnɑl, ˌbæk əˈnæl, ˈbæk ə nl, ˈbæk ə nl /


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The best it can do for jokes is endless animal wordplay—a road sign reading “Gnu Jersey,” a bacchanal dubbed “Burning Mammal.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Another time he advised a prop guy to think of a bacchanal while setting Kate’s breakfast table.

From Los Angeles Times

Their rollicking redo, set from dusk to hangover at a drunken bacchanal, is vibrant and viciously alive.

From Los Angeles Times

There were stories of wild bacchanals involving nudists, and grand parties attended by the likes of artist Andy Warhol, jazz musician Charlie Parker and Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman.

From Los Angeles Times

As I write this essay, the mainstream news media has already, for the most part, moved on from Trump’s fantasy and threats of a bacchanal of violence.

From Salon