Meaning of whirling pits | Babel Free

Definitions

An unpleasant sensation of spinning after consuming alcohol or other drugs.

plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“I note with interest Paul Dawson's query as to whether or not one's direction of rotation during the alcohol induced phenomenon known as "the whirling pits" depends upon the hemisphere in which one is situated (Letters, 1 September, p 643).”

“I ended up with the whirling pits, being sick in the bathroom for hours. It should have put me off booze forever […]”

“That hideously addictive, ruinous mix of tobacco and hash, the violently, wrenching, contrasting, simultaneous expansion and depression of the senses can be truly horrible, the whirling pits.”

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