“Alcoholic? No, my dear, I prefer the term ‘drinking enthusiast’” is a saying that has been printed on many images. ‘New favorite phrase of the day from iPhone app descriptions: drinking enthusiast. “oh no, I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drinking enthusiast’” was posted on Twitter on April 8, 2009. “I’m not an alcoholic. I’m just a drinking enthusiast” was posted on Twitter on November 19, 2009.
“Alcoholic? no, my dear one, I prefer the term ‘drinking enthusiast’” was posted on Twitter on April 26, 2012.
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Kate
@katedohe
New favorite phrase of the day from iPhone app descriptions: drinking enthusiast. “oh no, I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drinking enthusiast.”
7:07 PM - 8 Apr 2009
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Devin Thornton
@DSThor
I’m not an alcoholic. I’m just a drinking enthusiast.
6:55 PM - 19 Nov 2009
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Kieran Donohoe
@KDonohoe
Alcoholic?! No, i believe its pronounced Drinking Enthusiast.
7:25 PM - 26 May 2010
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Hyon Colmenero
@Hyon0052
Alcoholic? Hell no, I prefer the term “Drinking Enthusiast”. :D
3:26 PM - 15 Nov 2010
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Karen Delaney Walker
@KarenDWalker1
☐ Drunk ☐ Alcoholic ✔ Drinking Enthusiast
10:01 AM - 25 Mar 2011
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V
@GuzzVaughn
Alcoholic? no, my dear one, I prefer the term “drinking enthusiast.” #LikeASir
1:13 AM - 26 Apr 2012
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Alexis Ventura
@CAlexi5
Alcoholic? No, my dear one, I prefer the term “Drinking Enthusiast”
1:21 AM - 26 Apr 2012
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Not Will Ferrell
@itsWillyFerrell
Alcoholic? No, I prefer the term drinking enthusiast!
1:50 PM - 8 Mar 2013
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Laughing
@comedyorjoke
Alcoholic? No, I prefer the term “Drinking Enthusiast.”
11:05 PM - 26 Jan 2014
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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