Drinking in the workplace/boozing in business

Adrian Furnham
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Adrian Furnham: University College London

A chapter in People Management in Turbulent Times, 2009, pp 59-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There are lots of charming euphemisms for alcoholic drinks. Fancy a snort, or a snifter, or cocktails at the club? Sir Denis Thatcher had a long list of euphemisms for drinks, apparently based on the amount and the time of day. You had openers, brighteners, and lifters; snifters, snorts, snorters, and snorterinos. This was someone who discriminated between the hour and the volume: the essential social function of a drink.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230239616_16

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