{{Short description|Drinking device composed of a funnel and attached tube}} {{other uses}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} thumb|Beer bong
A '''beer bong''' is a device consisting of a funnel attached to a tube and used to facilitate the rapid consumption of beer.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia |editor1-first=Rachel |editor1-last=Black |publisher=Greenwood |year=2010 |isbn= 9780313380488|pages=27–28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpBLW04z5PQC&q=%22beer+bong%22&pg=PA27}}</ref> The use of a beer bong is also known as '''funneling'''. A beer bong is unrelated in function to a bong, which is primarily used to consume cannabis.
== Construction == The typical construction of a beer bong involves a large funnel connected to tubing. Beer is stockpiled in the funnel and as the user drinks, the beer pours down the tubing. Beer bongs often have valves to engage or disengage the flow of beer.
== Use == === Typical use === {{unreferenced section|date=October 2015}} One person holds a clear pipe to their mouth, while a second holds the other end of the pipe with a large plastic funnel attached. The pipe is part-filled with beer, with the remainder of the pipe and the bottom of the funnel filling with a foamy head.thumb
Drinking from a beer bong is different from drinking beer normally (or other carbonated beverage). This is because the drinker is not in control of the volume of liquid entering the mouth. In addition, the force of gravity pushes the beer into the drinker's mouth and thus 'forces' the beer down. It is for this reason that the beer bong often engages the gag reflex.
The beer bong is either 'hit' or 'chugged'. A hit from the beer bong is when a valve is used and one drinks as much beer as they can before turning off the valve. Chugging is where an entire, or multiple beers, are consumed in one use. A popular technique is to 'open' the esophagus and simply allow the beer to flow down. This takes practice and may cause pain in trying it for the first time.
=== Rectal use === Occasionally the pipe is inserted rectally<ref>{{cite news |title=5 Shocking Ways Your Kids Try to Get Drunk |last1=Lovett |first1=Edward |last2=McNiff |first2=Eamon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/shocking-ways-kids-drunk/story?id=17281602 |newspaper=ABC News |date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2019-12-23 }}</ref> to administer an alcohol enema. Called butt-chugging or boofing, this method of alcohol consumption can be dangerous or even deadly because it leads to faster intoxication since the alcohol is absorbed directly into the bloodstream and bypasses the body's ability to reject the toxin by vomiting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Experts: Alcohol enemas 'extremely dangerous' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/health/alcohol-enemas/index.html |newspaper=CNN |date=2012-09-22 |access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
== In popular culture == Beer bongs came to national attention in the US in 2006 after a photograph of Senator John Kerry being offered one by a University of Iowa journalism major at a tailgate party made national newspaper front pages.<ref name="wasted">{{cite book |title=Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Party So Hard |first=Thomas |last=Vander Ven |publisher=NYU Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780814744413 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gettingwastedwhy00thom/page/45 45] |access-date=October 26, 2012 |url=https://archive.org/details/gettingwastedwhy00thom|url-access=registration |quote=beer bong. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bong Girl|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/bong-girl/?_r=0|date=September 20, 2006|last=Leibovich|first=Mark|access-date=October 28, 2013|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Beer|Drink|Games}} *List of drinking games
==References== {{reflist}}{{Drinking games}}
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