social hangover

English

Noun

social hangover (plural social hangovers)

1. (uncommon, colloquial) A feeling of exhaustion experienced after excessively engaging in social activities.
   • 2004, William F. Deverell, Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past, University of California Press, page 22:

     Wallace felt the social hangover brought about by the recklessness of American occupation, warfare, and statehood. “We are now like fast boys upon their travels, and our imprudences have brought us into trouble,” he mused.

   • 2021 May 14, Kirsty Grant, “Covid lockdown easing: Why am I exhausted after socialising?”, in BBC‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

     What some people call a 'social hangover' is the feeling of exhaustion after depleting all your energy.

   • 2021 May 16, Rhys Thomas, “How to tell if you have a ‘social hangover’ (and how to minimise one if you do)”, in GQ‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

     A social hangover generally feels a lot like a burnout: fatigue, inability to concentrate, some grouchiness. It might hit you like a tonne of bricks or subtly linger throughout the day, in the same way that a substance hangover can vary from “I don’t feel one hundred per cent” right up to “My phone screen is pulsating and my mouth tastes like I ate a pack of cigarettes.”

   • 2023 February 8, “Feeling zonked? You may have a social hangover”, in HBF‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

     To address fatigue effectively, you need to understand what’s causing it. If you’re feeling the fatigue of a ‘social hangover’, the next step is knowing when to say no, and then how to say no.