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 huge banner carpeted the famed Piazza San Marco before his three-day bacchanalia: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

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

He had said, you may recall, that it seemed probable that the religious rites on these rare occasions bore some resemblance to the bacchanalia, or dionysia, of ancient Greece.

From A Columbus of Space by Serviss, Garrett Putman