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beer goggles

plural noun

Definition of beer goggles

: the effects of alcohol thought of metaphorically as a pair of goggles that alter a person's perceptions especially by making others appear more attractive than they actually are

Examples of beer goggles in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Grab your beer goggles; San Diego’s Ballast Point will open Downtown Disney District’s first brewery later this year. — Keith Flanagan, USA TODAY, "Downtown Disney District to debut Ballast Point brewery," 24 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of beer goggles

1987, in the meaning defined above

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