beer goggles

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪə ˌɡɒɡl̩z/
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• General-American: /ˈbɪɚ ˌɡɑɡ(ə)l/
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Originally 1980s US college slang, from the notion that consumption of beer and other alcoholic beverages causes people to see things differently, as if wearing a type of goggles.

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: bierbril — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Finnish: kaljan kaunistava vaikutus — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• German: Bierbrille — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Icelandic: bjórgleraugu — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Macedonian: под де́јство на а́лкохол (pod déjstvo na álkohol) — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Norwegian Bokmål: ølbrille — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ølbrille — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption
• Polish: wyższa atrakcyjność spodowowana przez alkohol — illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption