pouring one out
Drink for absent
Pouring one out is a gesture of tribute to someone who has died, performed by spilling a portion of a drink—usually alcohol—onto the ground before drinking the rest.
The ritual has roots in ancient libation practices but survives mainly in hip-hop culture and informal memorial moments: Let me pour one out for the homies we lost.
Often used figuratively for humorous or ironic "tributes" to minor losses: Pouring one out for my dead phone.
- spillAccidental liquid release
- lossBeing without something
- beerFermented grain drink
- graveSerious and worrying
- respectRegard with honor
grief rituals · honor · hand · libation · memorial · homies · forty · mourning · rest in peace · friend · gone too soon · sidewalk · street corner · ground · commemoration · bottle · remembrance · reverence
pouring one outchugging
Drinking rapidly, continuously
sipping · savoring · imbibing · nursing a drink · drinking alone