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Word: wohlstandsalkoholismus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...motto; Gott mit Uns went the way of the spiked helmet, and the closest thing to a watchword in a devoutly neat country is "Vorsicht! Frisch Gebohnert" (Careful! Freshly Waxed). Well-to-do Germans are drinking more heavily, apparently to fight the frustrations of wealth; sociologists speak of Wohlstandsalkoholismus-prosperity alcoholism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The Heart of Europe | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

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