The temperance movement and the Eighteenth Amendment. 1  In the United States an early wave of movements for state and local prohibition arose from the intensive religious revivalism of the 1820s and â30s, which stimulated movements toward perfectionism in human beings, including temperance and abolitionism.
TIL (or T.I.L.) typically is an abbreviation for Today I Learned when used on the web at sites like Reddit.com or Digg.com TIL may also mean Until, later. TIL may also stand for That is Lame.
[Old English til; related to Old Norse til to, Old High German zil goal, aim] Usage: Till is a variant of until that is acceptable at all levels of language. Until is, however, often preferred at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing: until his behaviour improves, he cannot become a member.