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Seeing pink elephants" is a euphemism for hallucinations caused by delirium tremens or alcoholic hallucinosis, especially the former. The term dates back to at least the early 20th century, emerging from earlier idioms about seeing snakes and other creatures.
"Pink Elephants on Parade" is a song and scene from the 1941 Disney animated feature film Dumbo in which Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse, having accidentally become intoxicated (through drinking water spiked with champagne), see pink elephants sing, dance, and play musical instruments during a hallucination sequence.
Alcoholic hallucinosis is a complication of alcohol misuse in people with alcohol use disorder. [1] [2] It can occur during acute intoxication or withdrawal with the potential of having delirium tremens.
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Pink Elephant or Pink Elephants may refer to: "Seeing pink elephants", a euphemism for a drunken hallucination; The Pink Elephant Paradox, another name for Ironic Process Theory. Pink Elephant, a 1975 cartoon from the Pink Panther series; Pink Elephants, a cartoon produced by the Terrytoons studio; Pink Elephants, a 1997 album by Mick Harvey
Many of Wisconsin's world's largest things reflect its agriculture industry: a round barn, a talking cow, a potato masher. The pink elephant? That's just fun.
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No, you're not drunk or seeing things -- this adorable baby elephant is in fact pink. Nicki Coertze, 58, spotted the very unusual creature during a visit to the Kruger National Park in South ...