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kegger, n. U.S. slang.
Brit. |ˈkɛgə(r)|, U.S. |ˈkɛgər|
[‹ keg n. + -er suffix1.]
1. A party or similar event at which beer is served (usually directly from a keg); esp. such an event that is particularly wild, raucous, or large. Occas. with number prefixed, designating the number of kegs provided to denote the (large) size of the party or event, as two-kegger, three-kegger, etc.
1968C. F. Baker et al. College Undergraduate Slang Study (typescript) 147 Kegger, a drinking party. 1979N.Y. Times 28 May a7/1 The union got the University of Montana to cancel its order for 1,300 kegs of beer for the annual Aber Day Kegger, which draws about 10,000 people who drink large amounts of beer. 1989M. Moffatt Coming of Age in New Jersey iii. 84 The very next evening, some ex-residents of Hasbrouck Fourth from the year before..threw a big off-campus party, a ‘three-kegger’. 2003Village Voice (N.Y.) 4–10 June 20/1 You do get to speed around L.A., competing against opponents whose artificial intelligence sometimes resembles that of a 17-year-old weaving home from a kegger.
2. A keg of beer.
1980Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Oct. a2 GOP candidate Hal daub visited a high school and talked about returning to have ‘a kegger’ with the youngsters. The remark was televised and Daub's explanation that he meant a kegger of root beer, rather than the other stuff, has been hard for Democratic Omaha to swallow. 1982M. Corey & V. Westermark Fer Shurr! at Keggers, And like I could die, OK, the garage door opens, and like there's my mom and dad in the Mercedes, and like I'm there with all these dudes and empty keggers, and I am so bummed! 1996Columbian (Nexis) 17 July a1 No kegger, though. Have to bring a kegger. |