Meaning of social battery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A notional battery representing one's energy for socializing, with the need to be periodically recharged.
   in-plural, informal, often
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social, battery.

Equivalents

Examples

“Although I enjoyed many social aspects of school, as an introvert I found some days particularly long and exhausting. These were times when books really came into their own for me, as I retreated into the school library to recharge my social batteries.”

“I have never been to pride. Not that I don't like it, it's just not my thing. Too many fabulous queens and kings in one place really drains my social batteries.”

“That is, when an ambivert has acted like an introvert for some time, they need to recharge their social batteries by taking what we would typically describe as an extrovert break. After being alone, they crave social stimulation.”

“If you tend to be more introverted, the realization that your social battery doesn't hold a charge for the full duration of a social gathering can bring up feelings of discomfort or shame. You may worry that you're bringing down the vibe or that people will leave with a middling impression of you, even as your own need for some quiet time isn't being met. But by accepting your battery life for what it is and getting to know the different factors that support or strain it, you stand a better chance of getting through the night in a stress-free way — and of actually enjoying yourself in the process.”

“While introversion is a spectrum, and not all introverts necessarily want to spend Christmas and the holidays alone, there are a few things that tie them together: a limited social battery, a low tolerance for external stimulation, and a preference for smaller groups.”

“We now live in a world where people's social battery and capacity for friendship is slightly more limited than it was. Some of us are still out of practice.”

“In the former case he may expose himself to a social battery of hostile criticism or even obloquy; […]”

“Mrs Colonel Speedy, sitting in council over a five o’clock tea in her veranda, decreed that she herself and four other ladies of lesser degree should ‘call on’ the poor bride in due order of precedence, and bring all the social battery of the station to her relief.”

“Yet Belden’s Dahlia sounds little like Ellroy’s novel, which is a mass of piling rants, staccato prose slugs, and vicious social battery (complete with explicit descriptions of Short’s disemboweled body as a graph of gashes, cuts, bruises, and cigarette burns).”

CEFR level