two pot screamer
nounEtymology From two + pot (“standard glass”) + screamer (“one who yells”).
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Australia, Colloquial One who becomes talkative or rowdy after consuming a relatively small amount of alcohol; one who quickly becomes intoxicated.
- “I′m sorry,” Jimmy said. “A two-pot screamer from the sound of him.” “What?” “Can′t hold his liquor.”1979, Charlotte Vale Allen, Moments of Meaning, page 48:
- “I′m not a drinker. Two glasses of fine wine with a meal is more my style, and my limit. Raymond always called me a two pot screamer.”2006, C. A. Hocking, Damaged Goods, Lulu, page 97:
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- Dougie happens to be in the bar, they natter about this and that, sink a pot or two, then Dougie says Dave′s over point-o-five and should cab it out to Ryans Lane. Prick doesn′t offer to drive himself. Tells Dougie he′s not a two-pot screamer like him, leaves feeling much better for the little interlude.2011, John Sullivan, Firebug, Australia: Boolarong Press, page 138:
- Related terms
- hold one's liquor