The word |Alcoholmanac| is Oklahoma Gazette's title for a special advertising/editorial issue of their weekly report—a title built from their portmanteau of the words “Alcohol & Almanac.”
The word
|Alcohol| (the common slang for "|Liquor"–short for "
alcohol of Wine"–as 'alcohol' is "the
Intoxicating |Element in
Fermented Liquors") is built on words that mean "|Kohl,
Powdered Ore of |Antimony (|Sublimated
Substance used to |Paint/|Stain the eyelids,
Pure Spirit of anything)."
The word
|Almanac| is built on words that mean "
Calendar (feat.
Permanent |Tables of |Astronomical/|Astrological
Data)."
"astrological and weather predictions appear in 16-17th c.; the 'useful statistics' are a modern feature" [OED].
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