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[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Ass backwards – Confused. From the phrase’s sense of ‘in a confused manner.’ Ass on backwards.
at ass on backwards under ass, n.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Buoyant – High, happy. Or, because one’s teeth are floating. Buoyed.
at buoyant, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Cacko.
at cacko, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 clear out. clinched.
at clinched, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Crocked – A ‘crock’ is a drunkard, from this word’s sense of ‘bottle.’ US, 1900s. Crocko, Crocus.
at crocko, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Feeling right / Feeling right royal.
at feeling right royal, phr.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Below the mahogany – The ‘mahogany’ is the wood of which the bar is made; cf. ‘Under the table’.
at below the mahogany (adj.) under mahogany, n.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Paled – Completely exhausted by drinking, wasted. Canadian teen slang. Paled out.
at paled (out), adv.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Reeking – Stinking drunk.
at reeking, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 rigid – Passed-out drunk.
at rigid, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Sap-happy – Patterned on ‘slap-happy.’ ‘Sap’ is booze.
at sap-happy (adj.) under sap, n.2
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 ‘Sap’ is booze. Sapped. Sappy.
at sappy, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Squashed – Very drunk.
at squashed, adj.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Buoyant – High, happy. Or, because one’s teeth are floating (cf. ‘Back teeth afloat’).
at have one’s back teeth afloat (v.) under teeth, n.
[US] Drunktionary 🌐 Wollied.
at wollied, adj.
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