If I told you that I was I was absolutely legless, that I was totally out of it, that
I was completely plastered, what would I be talking about? Well I'm going to tell you,
right after this.
I'm sure we've all seen someone like this. The six stages of being drunk. They drink
a lot, then they talk a lot. Then they dance a lot, then they tell you they love you. Then
they want to do something crazy. But instead of doing something crazy, they fall asleep
on the train. Well in British English we have hundreds of words to describe being drunk.
I guess it's a part of our culture. So I wanted to share with the ten best slang words. Let's
start with tipsy. This means a little bit drunk so not too drunk, just a little bit.
You are laughing more than you would normally, you are smiling more than you would normally,
you kind of feel you've got a little buzz. You are kind of excited. 'I get a bit tipsy
after one glass of wine.' Alright, tipsy, a little bit drunk. Number two pissed. Now
this is slightly rude, this is a slightly rude word. These are all informal expressions
so as always be careful about where you use these phrases. Pissed means drunk, yeah so
it's more drunk than tipsy. It's a really common expression, I use it quite a lot 'I'm
feeling a bit pissed.' I'm feeling a bit drunk. Pissed. In Scotland they would say 'pished'
instead of pissed. It's exactly the same meaning just slightly differently pronounced. So 'pished'.
Number three hammered. Hammered is very drunk, so if we have got a scale, we've got tipsy
is sort of a little bit drunk, pissed is just drunk, you've got hammered is very drunk.
'I was hammered last night.' Now you will notice with some of these words that they
are so random, they are kind of like all most made up words. There is a British comedian
called Michael Mcintyre and he does a joke about how we can just make up any words to
mean drunk so he talks about feeling 'pyjamered'. 'Oh I'm absolutely pyjama-ed.' You know it
could mean drunk, it doesn't but why not, it could do. 'Mate I was so cappuccino'ed
last night' it could mean drunk. It doesn't but you know, we just use any word. We put
an -ed on the end and it sounds like you could be drunk. Number four, legless. Again very
drunk. This one kind of makes sense, right? Legless, you are without your legs because
you've drunk so much that you can't move. You are struggling to walk. Legless, very
drunk. Number five, battered. Again, super drunk. 'You were battered at the wedding'.
You were very drunk at the wedding. Alright a little phrase here 'out of it'. to be out
of it. 'Look at John over there, he is out of it.' It just means he is very drunk. So
if you are out of it, you are very drunk. Number seven, this is a rude one so I'm not
going to say the swear word. 'Sh*tfaced'. This is a brilliant phrase, you know what
that word is. But yeah if you are sh*tfaced then you are really drunk. Number eight, this
is one we kind of share with American English, wasted. so if you are wasted, you are completely
drunk. You have no idea where you are, yeah you are wasted. As I said this is used in
American English as well so it's kind of shared but it is very commonly used in British English.
Wasted. The -ed there is /id/ so wasted. Wasted. Number nine, plastered. 'I'm not going to
dance unless I'm absolutely plastered'. So plastered, very very drunk. And number ten,
ten and eleven. I'm going to cheat and give you two here. To be off your trolley. A trolley,
well if you think about on a airplane, the air steward is pushing a trolley with tea
and coffee on so to be off your trolley to be totally drunk. 'You were off your trolley
last night.' You were absolutely drunk. Also under the table. To be under the table. Example
sentence 'By nine o'clock everyone was under the table.' Everyone was drunk. Alright now
I know that I've missed out loads and loads of fantastic slang phrases to talk about drunk.
So if you know any others then let me know in the comments below. If you want to make
up one just like Michael Mcintyre then also let me know in the comments below. You know
'I was totally sandwiched last night' so if you want to make one up, put it in the comments
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