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Danish
Etymology
Literally “carpenters”, from tømmer (“timber”) + mænd (“men”). The figurative sense refers to the throbbing headaches frequently experienced during a hangover.
Pronunciation
Noun
tømmermænd c
- hangover, veisalgia
- (by extension) an unpleasant feeling after completing a strenuous or energetic activity
2017, Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Ordet er sjælens spejl: Samtaler der befrier, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:I England er det anderledes; de har haft Indien og Afrika, og lige nu forsinkede tømmermænd fra Jamaica, kravene om milliarder af pund som kompensation for slaveri.- In England, it is different; they have had India and Afriica, and right now a belated hangover from Jamaica, the demands for billions of pounds as compensation for slavery.
2012, Poul Funder Larsen, Spillet om milliarderne: Pengenes veje og vildveje i europæisk fodbold, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:I Sydeuropa er de pinefulde tømmermænd efter boomårenes voldsomme overforbrug også ved at sætte ind i fodbold.- In Southern Europe, the painful hangover after the violent over-consumption of the boom-years has also begun to make itself apparent in football.
1972, Personalhistorisk tidsskrift:... og hvor utilfredsheden gav et resultat, som utvivlsomt har givet mange, der stemte på Glistrup, tømmermænd dagen efter.- ... and where the dissatisfaction yielded a result that has, no doubt, given many who voted for Glistrup a hangover the day after.
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Noun
tømmermænd
- indefinite plural of tømmermand