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"Drunk driving" is nonsensical; the people doing it aren't driving drunks, they're driving cars. It's almost as if "drink driving" and "drunk driving" aren't ac
by EliRivers 14y ago
"Drunk driving" is nonsensical; the people doing it aren't driving drunks, they're driving cars. It's almost as if "drink driving" and "drunk driving" aren't actually meant to be literal descriptions of an act but are a linguistic shorthand commonly used to refer to a situation.
- benregenspan 14y agoWhile I don't want to take an unfunny joke I made in the Hacker News comments too far and am sorry for hurting any British people's feelings, "drunk driving" does make sense as a literal description of an act, unlike "drink driving". "Drunk" is an adjective which modifies "driving" (which is used as a noun in this case).