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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:54 AM Apr 2014

Phrases that meant "being drunk"

He is foxt. He is flawed. He is flustered. He is suttle. She is cupshot. She is cut in the leg. She is cut in the back. She hath seen the French king. He hath swallowed an hare. He hath swallowed a tavern token. He hath whipped the cat. He hath been at the scriveners and learned to make indentures. She hath bit her grannam. She is bitten by a barn weasel. He hath the Dutch man's headache.

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Phrases that meant "being drunk" (Original Post) My Good Babushka Apr 2014 OP
Loaded patricia92243 Apr 2014 #1
Hindi distinguishes between matth and dutth Recursion Apr 2014 #2
Three sheets to the wind. eShirl Apr 2014 #3
Pie eyed Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2014 #4
Pissed! Paulie Apr 2014 #5
With all due respect, THE word for being drunk is... brooklynboy49 Apr 2014 #6
Fitshaced JVS Apr 2014 #7
As in "Officer I'm not fitshaced." lame54 Apr 2014 #8
I believe you misspelled OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #11
good catch lame54 Apr 2014 #18
She's Toasted LynneSin Apr 2014 #9
Sloshed. Aristus Apr 2014 #10
So how many of those in the OP did Will use? Wounded Bear Apr 2014 #19
I've been using "Sauced" Xyzse Apr 2014 #12
"Has the shoes full." Archae Apr 2014 #13
I like "he hath the Dutch man's headache." geardaddy Apr 2014 #14
Looped KamaAina Apr 2014 #15
blotto (n/t) MissMillie Apr 2014 #16
Tap-hackled, swimming in lard, a trifle disguised politicat Apr 2014 #17
Three Sheets To The Wind Sherman A1 Apr 2014 #20
wasted. fubared. hammered. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2014 #21
Boogered up mcar Apr 2014 #22
Three sheets to the wind tavernier Apr 2014 #23
Half in the bag Major Nikon Apr 2014 #24
Snockered. Blotto. vanlassie Apr 2014 #25
Howard used to say.. Grey Apr 2014 #26
Wasted. Shitty. FUBAR. 7wo7rees Apr 2014 #27
My favorite... LeftofObama Apr 2014 #28
Borracho a la izquierda Apr 2014 #29
If you're in New Zealand, "trollied" Eureka Apr 2014 #30
Dad? Scruffy Rumbler Apr 2014 #31

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. Hindi distinguishes between matth and dutth
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 06:07 AM
Apr 2014

Matth is plain old ordinary drunk. Dutth... well.... dutth means that in a few minutes somebody will need to roll him over into his stomach.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
23. Three sheets to the wind
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 07:08 PM
Apr 2014

Pickled, besotted, smashed, loaded, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a lord, crocked, roaring, load on, tanked, buzzed...

Eureka

(523 posts)
30. If you're in New Zealand, "trollied"
Sat Apr 12, 2014, 09:01 AM
Apr 2014

I presume because you need to be put on a trolley to get to the next bar.

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