Source: TomDispatch
by Rebecca Gordon
“The expression ‘punch-drunk,’ Google informs me, means ‘stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head.’ Google’s Oxford Language entry then offers a not-terribly-illuminating example of the term’s use: ‘I feel a little punch-drunk today.’ Right now, a better one might be something like: ‘After November 5, 2024, a lot of people have been feeling more than a little punch-drunk.’ Learning on the night of November 5th that Donald Trump had probably been reelected president certainly left me feeling stupefied, with a sense that I’d somehow sustained a number of heavy blows to the head.” [editor’s note: TDS personified here – SAT] [additional editor’s note: Don’t be so hard on yourself, Steve – TLK] (01/07/25)