day drinking

Boozing before sundown

Day drinking is consuming alcohol during daytime hours, typically starting before evening—at brunch, a barbecue, or simply because it's the weekend.

The term carries a mildly transgressive connotation, since drinking is traditionally an evening activity: We're day drinking on the patio.

It can suggest leisure and indulgence or, in excess, a warning sign.

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lazy · buzzed · afternoon · beer garden · rosé · white wine · tipsy · bottomless · sunshine · weekend · friends · pregame · boozy · liquid lunch · lunch · cocktails · prosecco · poolside

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Opposites
time of consumption

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Evening entertainment culture

nightcap · clubbing · happy hour · bar hopping · pub crawl

sobriety/abstinence

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Unimpaired mental state

abstinence · teetotaling · staying sober · temperance · clean living

social appropriateness

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In active function

productivity · nine-to-five · running errands · adulting · keeping it together

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13