party animal
Americannoun
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But, much like its titular party animal, Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s film remains deceptively cunning and self-aware.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Her reputation as a party animal is now out of date - she is an "ex-party animal", she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
A queer, tattooed, guitar-playing party animal from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, who leaves it all behind for a life of sacrifice and service in a religious order in New Orleans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Not to belabor the soiree analogy, but this Boston-based psychiatrist and co-founder of the Trauma Research Foundation is a serious party animal.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
“I know I don't have to, but I want to. I’m never going to be that crazy eighteen-year-old party animal, you know? It's just not my scene.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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