The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something sinful or potentially harmful/dangerous (i.e., sex, drugs, etc.) unless one is totally plastered on strong liquor. Can also loosely refer to someone's publicly raving against alcohol-consumption, but then secretly "boozing it up big-time" when he's alone, like the hypocritical "King" in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Gerald Strickland claimed to strongly disapprove of alcohol, yet as we saw in the "clandestine sipping" scene on Back To The Future 2, he was merely practicing absinthence.
by QuacksO January 1, 2020
Son of french novelist and playwright, Honoré de Balzac and named after his favorite alcohol. Born 1820 and died 1831, cause of death: Forced Secretion.
"Absinthe Balzac was said to behave strangely and fantasized about horse breeding through drawings by his own math teacher, therefore he had no friends to accompany him at school."
by InfoProvider December 29, 2022