Bartender - Voice of reason in a sea of Jägermeister. From the word Bartenderus, Latin for Underpaid Badass
Head Bartender - Guy that does the manager's job for less money
Ex Bartender - Customer with delusions of grandeur
Barback - Alternative name for cheap slave labor. Often imported
Bar Manager - Power crazed hellion who used to be a bartender but now must be socially ostracized
General Manager - Person who shouts at managers prior to them shouting at bartenders
Bar Owner - Person who is not quite, but soon will be, bankrupt. Demon overlord
Barrel Ageing - Putting alcohol in a wooden crate, leaving it until it smells funny and then charging more for it
Beer - What you will get if you ask the bartender to surprise you
Binge Drinking - What people over fifty call a night out
Bitters - Something bartenders will put in anything given half a chance
Cocktail List - List of drinks options perused by people just prior to ordering a Mojito
Closing Time - Apparently an invitation to negotiate
Difford's Guide - Thing that replaced memory circa 2001
Female Toilets - The door at the end of the really long queue
Male Toilets - Room containing a porcelain receptacle most drunk men will miss despite having a member designed for this purpose
Flair - Internal juggling
The Negroni - Like the Mason's handshake, a way for bartenders to identify themselves to other bartenders without using words
Penis - Thing the bartender will put in your drink if you are mean to them. In case of a female bartender thing belonging to the barback they will put in your drink if you are mean to them
Rum - Proof that at least one major deity loves us
Peach Schnapps - Proof that at least one holds a grudge
Security - Person who is always in the toilet when trouble begins
Sniper - Customer who takes pleasure in pointing out the bar or bartender's faults. See Penis
Tip - Lever by which people are persuaded to undertake low paid work by management too cheap to pay a living wage
Trend - Conspiracy created to get rid of excess stock or stuff nearing sell by date. Only known explanation for Blue Curaçao
Virgin - The unfortunate absence of alcohol. Bartender who has yet to work a Saturday night
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