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Pohjien otto

There is a Finnish expression called "pohjien otto" ("taking the bottoms") meaning that when you're planning to go out to the city to drink, you start drinking already at home so you're already intoxicated when you arrive at the first bar. What is the equivalent of this expression in English? JIP | Talk 21:52, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Preloading is an (unimaginative) term for that. But can you explain "taking the bottoms"? Does it mean the bottoms of bottles? I don't really understand the implication.  Card Zero  (talk) 22:46, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

I know about the term "bottoms up", which I suppose implies that the glass or bottle is turned upside-down for drinking. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 00:26, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

I guess it is more like "intake of the fundaments", so as to be ready for the intake of the rest of the building, similar to the expression "laying a bottom" (with a few drinks before going out). In German you can use vorglühen or sich eintrinken.  --Lambiam 09:35, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

That's what I have always thought too, that the "bottoms" refer to filling oneself from the bottom up. JIP | Talk 10:00, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

"Pre-drinks" is what I've always called it. MinorProphet (talk) 22:27, 23 June 2022 (UTC)