fuzzy, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

fuzzy adj.

drunk; thus fuzziness n., drunkenness; cit. 1965 means smelling of alcohol.

1831		Navy at Home I 36: Particularly when about half seas over, or fuzzy, which, from a constant habit of helping himself from the rum case [...] never failed to occur every day.
1876		C. Hindley Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack 323: Her husband, or any other man, might have drunk six glasses, with no more hurt than just making him a little ‘fuzzy’.
1918		H.V. O’Brien diary 24 July in Wine, Women and War (1926) 154: Champagne ad lib. To bed fuzzy.
1933		‘William Juniper’ True Drunkard’s Delight.
1941		G. Casey ‘Short Shift Saturday’ in Mann Coast to Coast 216: I was a bit drunk [...] sweating with a tight belt and a little bit fuzzy.
1959		H. Salisbury Shook-Up Generation (1961) 45: If I’m a little fuzzy it’s because we were drinking all day.
1964		L. Hansberry Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window in Three Negro Plays (1969) I ii: Sure, Russo gets a little fuzzy, but you’ve got to admit he knows his films.
1965		E. Bombeck At Wit’s End (1979) 60: I personally think you’re some kind of nut with fuzzy breath.

fuzzy-assed (adj.)

fuzzy-face (n.) [his light facial hair]

(US) a young man.

1922		S. Lewis Babbitt 215: That little fuzzy-face there, why, he could make me or break me.
1953		N.Y. Sun. Mirror 25 Jan. n.p.: Crime-worshipping ——, 17, leader of a fuzzy-faced gang of young hoodlums in the Bronx, was booked last night [...] on charges of extortion.
1965		H. Rhodes Chosen Few (1966) 181: You fuzzy-faced PUNK.

fuzzy tail (n.) (also fuzz tail) [? the way the fur of an angry or frightened animal bristles]

1. (US tramp) a self-confident, even arrogant tramp.

1915

Morn. Tulsa Dly World (OK) 13 June 19/2: Fuzzytail — A tramp who is fresh; one who likes to praise himself and brags on how to get by.

2. (US tramp) the lowest category of vagrant or tramp.

1918		‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 33. Stew Bum 34. Ding Bat 35. Fuzzy Tail 36. Grease Ball 37. Jungle Buzzard – the dregs of vagrantdom.
1925		G.H. Mullin Adventures of a Scholar Tramp 91: I hope they are n’t the two fuzzy-tails from the good ship Cuspidor.

3. an ill-natured person.

1926		N. Klein ‘Hobo Lingo’ in AS I:12 651: Fuzzy-tail—a hobo in bad humor.
1930		‘Dean Stiff’ Milk and Honey Route 205: Fuzz tail – Name for unpopular fellow. He is also a ring tail. Such hobos are often under suspicion.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 93: fuzzytail An ill natured person.

4. a conceited person.

1933

fuzzy end of the lollipop (n.) [coined by Billy Wilder for Marilyn Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot (1958)]

(US) hostile or unfair treatment.

1958		Wilder & Diamond Some Like it Hot [film script] That’s the story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
1996		www.stanford.edu 🌐 Dang! Clydes always do get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
2003		Adder’s Lair 🌐 Getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop was poor Neville Longbottom, who was clearly relegated by the screenplay to a sub-secondary role.