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eyeopener

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eye⋅o⋅pen⋅er

[ahy-oh-puh-ner]
–noun
1. an experience or disclosure that gives one a sudden realization or understanding: Her disclosures about her childhood were a real eyeopener.
2. a drink of liquor taken early in the day and intended to wake a person up fully.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; eye + opener
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