Origin of Invented Words Teetotal

About the history, origins, and definitions of the invented word teetotal.

ORIGINS OF INVENTED WORDS

Teetotal - Total abstinence from intoxicating drink. Coined by English abstainer Robert Turner in an 1830 speech urging everyone else to practice total abstinence, too.

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