# party like  a animal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437 "2016-08-29T22:25:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437/1 "2016-08-29T22:25:38Z")

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where did this term come from since animals don’t party

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437/2 "2016-08-29T22:32:24Z")

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Party like an animal = Party like you are out of control with no thought to the future or consequences or civility. Like animals.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437/3 "2016-08-30T06:29:22Z")

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> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> Party like an animal = Party like you are out of control with no thought to the future or consequences or civility. Like animals.

But animals don’t party.

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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437/4 "2016-08-30T06:55:32Z")

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I like to party and I am an animal. I am a party animal. Is that clear enough for you?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-a-animal/764437/5 "2016-08-30T07:11:21Z")

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Animals definitely party.