dipsomania
noun
dip·so·ma·nia
ˌdip-sə-ˈmā-nē-ə 
-nyə
: an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors
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So adding a hefty pour of ginger beer, some lime juice, and a dope copper mug to your vodka transforms your dipsomania into an actual weekend event.
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Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 15 May 2015
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
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Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 15 May 2015
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania.
—Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
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dipsomania
noun
dip·so·ma·nia
ˌdip-sə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə
: an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors
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