kalsarikännit

Language: Finnish · [ˈkɑlsɑriˌkænːit] · Pronunciation: KAL-sah-ree-KEN-nit

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Meaning

drinking at home in your underwear, with no plan to go out — päntsdrunk

The story

Kalsarit are underpants, känni is drunkenness. Finland put the concept into its official emoji set in 2015, and a 2018 bestseller exported it to English as päntsdrunk. The sofa does the rest.

The four rounds

Which language is it from?: Finnish
What does it literally say?: Underwear-drunk
What is its opposite?: A big night out on the town
What does it mean?: Drinking at home in your underwear, going nowhere

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