Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?

• markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, I suspect OP’s native language might not be English.

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  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    True, autocorrect switched alcoholic to alcoholist.

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• JAPJER@mtgzone.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Alcoholist is an older word for alcoholic. They might be older, hence the older word

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  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m old, but not that old :-)

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah I wasn’t sure if maybe it was a term they used in another part of the world, or if maybe it meant one who partakes in the use of alcohol but maybe isn’t an addict. It seems like it is a synonym like you are saying.

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• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think it’s alcoholism/alcoholic. Just a different translation.

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