bacchanalia

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An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

A lot of my favorite moments at The Verge happened at CES, the bacchanalia of consumer tech and consumerism that used to matter much more than it does now.

From The Verge • Mar. 4, 2022

We've gotten clues that this bacchanalia isn't a one-off and leads to eviler turns.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2022

The biggest step the city has taken was to allow rallygoers to drink on public property, reasoning it will spread the bacchanalia into the open air.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

It is an architectural extravaganza, a bacchanalia of color and design, as fantastic and unreal as the city of a dream.

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