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Funny sayings for getting drunk1/20/2024 ![]() You might be “scuttered” if you’ve just had a few too many and need to walk yourself home. It again has the sense of being very drunk, though not always to the point of being out of control. ![]() That said, it’s certainly become more common in recent years, though it’s again more generationally restricted to older people. The term “scuttered” is another common slang term used in Ireland, though you’re much more likely to hear it in Munster than anywhere else. It’s difficult to be any more precise than this. This is first attested in the late 14 th Century in English, and ultimately spread to Ireland to take on this slang sense at some point in the last couple of centuries. The literal meaning of the term is to stray and wander blindly-rather like drunk people tend to do! “I ended up pretty blustered last night,” for example. This one is a bit less common today and you’re more likely to hear it among the older generations than the younger. They might wander off and get themselves lost as the term implies, but they still possess the physical wherewithal to be able to walk off in the first place. This one usually means someone is past the point of drunk, but that they’re still able to carry themselves, walk around, and even hold a conversation. ![]() When it came to mean drunk is not clear, though it’s thought that it relates to the way people who are very drunk can sometimes “harden” up and go stiff.īlustered is another very common slang term for drunk in Ireland. This term derives from the 18 th Century, coming probably from the French word ossifier. The literal sense of the word means to harden and become like bone. “He’s basically ossified, someone call a cab,” for example. It’s not quite as widely used, though the majority of Irish people will understand what you mean if you use the term. It can mean you are so drunk that you can’t function properly, though again it can also just mean you’re very drunk but still able to hold yourself together. This is a term more or less exclusive to Ireland, and again has the sense of being very drunk, usually. Moving on to a more uniquely Irish slang term for drunk, next we have “ossified”. This is not certain, though, and it may have arisen out of other senses. It is first attested more recently in 1986, and it’s most commonly thought to relate to the headache that you get with a hangover the morning after drinking. “I was so hammered last night, it was bad,” for example.Īgain, the origin of this one is not completely clear. It simply means you’re very drunk, with varying senses given to each individual-different people have different limits, after all. It could mean they are close to passing out, though generally it isn’t used in quite so intense a meaning. It most often means someone is extremely drunk, and this could mean virtually anything. Given that the original meaning was to cover walls with plaster, it’s thought that the slang sense relates to the intoxicating effects that breathing in the fumes of such plaster can have.Īnother very common term for drunk in the English speaking world, widely used in Ireland, is “hammered”.Īgain, the sense is very similar. This term is again naturally very old, but the meaning of “very drunk” is first attested in 1912. “I’m going to get plastered tonight,” for example. “Plastered” usually means someone is very drunk but still able to stand up and be coherent. To be plastered is to be very drunk, though again this could mean a variety of things depending on the person using it. This is again more or less universally used to some extent, and you’ll certainly be hard-pressed to find anyone who just doesn’t understand what the word means. It wasn’t until the 1950s that it came to mean intoxicated with alcohol, though this was at first an American term rather than an Irish one.Īnother common Irish slang term for drunk is “plastered”. The word itself is very old, deriving from a 14 th Century term that meant weakened or enfeebled. “I was really wasted last night, they had to carry me home,” for example. It is generally used by the majority of the population of all ages and demographics, though they may favor a different term. Some will certainly use it more liberally than others, while those others might reserve it for the most extreme kinds of drunkenness. This is a common Irish slang term meaning a person is extremely drunk, often to the point of being passed out and uncommunicative but which is also widely used just for any state of extreme drunkenness. ![]() Starting off with a widely used one, first we have “wasted”.
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