American Sign Language:  "Alcoholic"

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Also see: "Alcohol"

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Quite a few people just spell "A A" to mean alcoholic.

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Alcoholic:

The general sign for alcoholic is to use an "A" hand.  Pretend it is a bottle.  Hold it up and move it down and toward your mouth as if you were going to take a drink but missed. Then change your hands into "flat hands" and show the "person ending."

 

 

Let's take a look at this sign frame by frame:

 

 

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Notes:
Question:  Are there other ways to sign "alcoholic?"
Answer:  Well, there are almost always other ways to sign anything. You might see this sign done with a "Y" handshape instead of the "A" handshape.

  

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