Phrase guide
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noun
A person who is cheerful and companionable when intoxicated, retaining reasonable control of his or her mental and emotional faculties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Synonyms: happy drunk
Antonyms: sad drunk
History
Probably first used in literature in this manner by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises (1926).
