 A somewhat dated French idiomatic expression for hangover is "mal aux cheveux", literally "sore hair" (or "[even] my hair hurts").In the 19th century United States, a hangover was sometimes called a "Katzenjammer" from the German for "screeching cats".Some terms for 'hangover' are derived from names for liquor, for example, in Chile a hangover is known as a "caña" from a Spanish slang term for a glass of beer.