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dmb

Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:12 am Post subject: Drunk synonyms |
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A student this morning asked me what other words there were for drunk.
Pissed
stocious
hammered
plastered
wasted
w@nkered
legless
C**ted
Anyone care to add any more.
Also which region are they from. My examples are common ın Edinburgh. |
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bigbadsuzie
Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 265 Location: Turkish privatesector
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: |
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BRAHMS AND LİST
ELEPHANTS TRUNK
WRECKED
CHEMİST
BLATTETHED OR BLADDERED
MOSTLY FROM THE MİDLANDS |
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dmb

Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:19 am Post subject: |
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chemist? that's a new one for me. |
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ImanH

Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:22 am Post subject: |
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sloshed
rat-arsed
I'm sure there are others that I can't remember, given I was a wee bit tiddly last night.
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Baba Alex

Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Drunk synonyms |
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dmb wrote: |
A student this morning asked me what other words there were for drunk.
Pissed
stocious
hammered
plastered
wasted
w@nkered
legless
C**ted
Anyone care to add any more.
Also which region are they from. My examples are common ın Edinburgh. |
inebriated
arseholed
out of one's face |
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justme

Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:35 am Post subject: |
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trashed
smashed
clobbered
tipsy
merry
blasted
off one's ass
pickled
3 sheets to the wind
finished
geetered
hoily
nutted
plowed
scandalous
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bron
Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 88
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:08 am Post subject: |
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My mother says "polluted," and I've started using it myself, to quite good effect, actually. I also say "a few/several drinks down" but I think I made that up. |
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ImanH

Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Istanbul
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Soused
Anyone remember that classic clip from Faulty Towers when Polly is trying to tell Basil the chef was blottoed? That involved lots of funny synonyms. |
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Golightly

Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 877 Location: in the bar, next to the raki
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:13 am Post subject: |
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pixilated
tooled up
off your face/head
rat-arsed
zonked
bladdered
had a skinful
gone to the wibbly place (nb: this one is not my idea. Someone came up with it to describe their own condition)
...and many, many more. |
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howmucharefags

Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 299 Location: Eskisehir
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:51 am Post subject: Ah'm pure oot ma nut byraway |
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I am the original Buckfast commando....
Oan the pish
Fleein
Heavy Bongoed
Blootered
3 sheets
Buzzin
Ful eh it
Mad wi it
Scudded
Blazin
Stoated
Guttered
Steam boats
Dunted
Zebadeed
Blitzed
These expressions and many more are commonly used in Drumchapel, Glasgow. |
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dmb

Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Just goes to show how colourful English is. |
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justme

Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:56 am Post subject: |
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I forgot tanked. |
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:18 am Post subject: |
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I am the only one who is sober here ? |
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Baba Alex

Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:24 am Post subject: |
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scot47 wrote: |
I am the only one who is sober here ? |
Quite possibly, although it's nothing to be proud of. |
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justme

Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Scot47, outside of my conservative co-workers and a few family members who are periodically on the wagon, you may be the only person I know who's sober. |
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