"social battery" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016 November 11, Fleur Morrison, “Introverts Can Be Saved By The Book”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2023-09-07",
          "text": "Although I enjoyed many social aspects of school, as an introvert I found some days particularly long and exhausting. These were times when books really came into their own for me, as I retreated into the school library to recharge my social batteries.",
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          "ref": "2022 August 26, Eliza Brooke, “The introvert's guide to actually enjoying a party”, in Vox, archived from the original on 2023-07-05",
          "text": "If you tend to be more introverted, the realization that your social battery doesn't hold a charge for the full duration of a social gathering can bring up feelings of discomfort or shame. You may worry that you're bringing down the vibe or that people will leave with a middling impression of you, even as your own need for some quiet time isn't being met. But by accepting your battery life for what it is and getting to know the different factors that support or strain it, you stand a better chance of getting through the night in a stress-free way — and of actually enjoying yourself in the process.",
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          "ref": "2022 December 15, Nikki Natividad, “An Introvert's Guide to Surviving the Holidays”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-05-03",
          "text": "While introversion is a spectrum, and not all introverts necessarily want to spend Christmas and the holidays alone, there are a few things that tie them together: a limited social battery, a low tolerance for external stimulation, and a preference for smaller groups.",
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        "A notional battery representing one's energy for socializing, with the need to be periodically recharged."
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          "energy",
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        "(informal, often in the plural) A notional battery representing one's energy for socializing, with the need to be periodically recharged."
      ],
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          "ref": "1881 September 3, “The Opportunity of Unitarianism”, in The Christian Life: A Unitarian Journal, volume 7, London, →OCLC, page 432",
          "text": "In the former case he may expose himself to a social battery of hostile criticism or even obloquy; […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1887 October 1, “The Jullabad Tragedy”, in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, volume 64, Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers Publishers, →OCLC, page 632",
          "text": "Mrs Colonel Speedy, sitting in council over a five o’clock tea in her veranda, decreed that she herself and four other ladies of lesser degree should ‘call on’ the poor bride in due order of precedence, and bring all the social battery of the station to her relief.",
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          "ref": "2001 June 1, Bob Belden, Steve Wynn, “Noir Valleys”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 30, number 22, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media/Communications Group, →OCLC, page 22",
          "text": "Yet Belden’s Dahlia sounds little like Ellroy’s novel, which is a mass of piling rants, staccato prose slugs, and vicious social battery (complete with explicit descriptions of Short’s disemboweled body as a graph of gashes, cuts, bruises, and cigarette burns).",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social, battery."
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          "ref": "2016 November 11, Fleur Morrison, “Introverts Can Be Saved By The Book”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2023-09-07",
          "text": "Although I enjoyed many social aspects of school, as an introvert I found some days particularly long and exhausting. These were times when books really came into their own for me, as I retreated into the school library to recharge my social batteries.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022 August 26, Eliza Brooke, “The introvert's guide to actually enjoying a party”, in Vox, archived from the original on 2023-07-05",
          "text": "If you tend to be more introverted, the realization that your social battery doesn't hold a charge for the full duration of a social gathering can bring up feelings of discomfort or shame. You may worry that you're bringing down the vibe or that people will leave with a middling impression of you, even as your own need for some quiet time isn't being met. But by accepting your battery life for what it is and getting to know the different factors that support or strain it, you stand a better chance of getting through the night in a stress-free way — and of actually enjoying yourself in the process.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022 December 15, Nikki Natividad, “An Introvert's Guide to Surviving the Holidays”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-05-03",
          "text": "While introversion is a spectrum, and not all introverts necessarily want to spend Christmas and the holidays alone, there are a few things that tie them together: a limited social battery, a low tolerance for external stimulation, and a preference for smaller groups.",
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        "(informal, often in the plural) A notional battery representing one's energy for socializing, with the need to be periodically recharged."
      ],
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          "ref": "1881 September 3, “The Opportunity of Unitarianism”, in The Christian Life: A Unitarian Journal, volume 7, London, →OCLC, page 432",
          "text": "In the former case he may expose himself to a social battery of hostile criticism or even obloquy; […]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1887 October 1, “The Jullabad Tragedy”, in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, volume 64, Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers Publishers, →OCLC, page 632",
          "text": "Mrs Colonel Speedy, sitting in council over a five o’clock tea in her veranda, decreed that she herself and four other ladies of lesser degree should ‘call on’ the poor bride in due order of precedence, and bring all the social battery of the station to her relief.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2001 June 1, Bob Belden, Steve Wynn, “Noir Valleys”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 30, number 22, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media/Communications Group, →OCLC, page 22",
          "text": "Yet Belden’s Dahlia sounds little like Ellroy’s novel, which is a mass of piling rants, staccato prose slugs, and vicious social battery (complete with explicit descriptions of Short’s disemboweled body as a graph of gashes, cuts, bruises, and cigarette burns).",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social, battery."
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