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CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM
WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING
OUR ARMS WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE
GLASSES BACKWARDS AND CHUG THE DRINK.
Submitter comment:
HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID, BUT
THEY ALWAYS DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SLANG: CHUG=DRINK IT ALL AT ONCE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-02-1970