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I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did!

--Jeff Bridges http://i.imgur.com/orOaXVV.jpg >--Saturnalia ---- ------ ----- ----- http://i.imgur.com/MnJ2oX8.png **DEFINITION:** >Noun A drunken reveler, or a drunken revelry A follower of Bacchus **ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:** >First known use 1594 Latin (Bacchānālia "a festival to honor Bacchus") **PRONUNCIATION:** >[bak-uh-nal] [LISTEN](http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/Bacchanalia) **SCRABBLE SCORE:** >20, woo-hoo! **USAGE/EXAMPLES:** >"Jeremy is a young satyr looking forward to the event that defines his passage into adulthood – his first BACCHANAL." --My First Bacchanal by Andrew Grey, 2008 >"O trance of rapture, when, reeling aside From the BACCHANAL rout o'er the mountains flying, One sinks to the earth, and the fawn's flecked hide Covers him lying With its sacred vesture, wherein he hath chased The goat to the death for its blood -- for the taste Of the feast raw-reeking, when over the hills Of Phrygia, of Lydia, the wild feet haste, And the Clamour-king leads, and our hearts he thrills 'Evoe!' crying!" --Euripides and the Spirit of His Dramas by Paul Decharme, 1906 ---- ---- ---- http://i.imgur.com/qsxzyTv.jpg >--Rio Carnival ------ ------

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