beer goggles
(idiomatic, originally, US, humorous, informal) The illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.
Etymology timeline
Born ~1980 · 1 year of recorded useDefinitions
(idiomatic, originally, US, humorous, informal) The illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.
“When I'm a solid six drinks in, you'll be a solid ten, these beer goggles are prescription 20/20 double-vision”
“Their findings essentially suggest that while intoxication may not have resulted in beer goggles, it did seem to increase liquid courage, in that people were more likely to indicate a desire to interact with attractive others,” said Mon…
“When I'm a solid six drinks in, you'll be a solid ten, these beer goggles are prescription 20/20 double-vision”
— Bluesky· May 2026
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "beer goggles".
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "beer goggles" (B)
Browse all slang words starting with B.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- deployment goggles69%
(humorous, military slang) A tendency to regard people as more sexually attractive than one usually would, as a result of being deployed to a region where there are few potential partners.
- beered-up64%
(slang) intoxicated on beer.
- gee-eyed64%
(Ireland, slang) Very drunk.
- gee-eyed63%
Irish slang for very drunk — so intoxicated that one's eyes are glazed or unfocused. The 'gee' element is a crude Irish slang term for female genitalia, making the literal construction deliberately absurd and irreverent. This kind of vulgar-element compound for describing drunkenness is characteristic of Irish slang's willingness to combine strong language with humor. Used freely in casual Irish speech.
- bevvy61%
(Britain, Ireland, slang) ; especially, an alcoholic beverage.