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katzenjammer
noun 
  1. A hangover
    • 1936: In those days a still-birth brought as high as ten dollars and after riding the shoot-the-chutes we always left a little stale beer for the morning because the finest thing in the world for Katzenjammer is a glass of stale beer. " Henry Miller, Black Spring
  2. The jitters
  3. Bewilderment
  4. Depression
  5. Discord
adjective 
  1. raucous
    • A once popular American comic strip was "The Katzenjammer Kids."
Etymology: German Katzenjammer ("the wailing of cats"), hangover; a compound formed from Katzen (plural of Katze), cat + jammer, wailing or distress.

     
 
  

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