The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for “uneasiness following debauchery” (kveis) and the Greek word for “pain” (algia) …

HowStuffWorks.com’s Stuff You Should Know podcast explains everything about the hangover in about 30 minutes (episode 67). If you’re at WWDC or extending your weekend, give this a listen before you pass out go to sleep, tonight.

In a nutshell, drink lots of water, eat a breakfast with eggs, bananas, fruit juice and deal with it like an adult. As a veteran sales exec once told me, sometimes you gotta play hurt.

If you’d rather read about it, here’s the written article.

Posted at 11:19pm.