# How many synonyms for "drunk" can you come up with in a language that you speak?
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**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269 "2023-08-08T19:37:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/21 "2023-08-08T20:58:31Z")
I could respond but I am too buzzed and pasted right now. Been getting my drink on.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/22 "2023-08-08T20:58:36Z")
Shit faced
Juiced
Lit
Rolling on the floor
Pickled
Wasted
Potted
Dwunk
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/23 "2023-08-08T21:13:27Z")
The OP has made a very thorough job covering the German expressions, so I’ll try some Spanish: ebrio, embriagado, bebido, beodo, alcoholizado, mamado (sucked), achispado (sparked), amonado, ajumado, ahumado (smoked, like salmon, not like weed), calamocano, dipsómano, alumbrado (brightened up), curda, estar mona (to be monkey), estar colgado (hung up), pedo (farted), estar como una cuba (to be like a barrel), haber empinado el codo (one has raised his elbow - I like that one!), alegre (happy! hihihi - hicks!), tomado (taken, yes, but by whom or what?), ciego (blind, you must be really far out for that one to apply), poseído (possesed), dominado… huh. I better stop for a while. I’ll come back after… whatever, I’ll come back. 🙂
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/24 "2023-08-08T21:17:34Z")
> [@zimaane](#):
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> The standard formal term in French is ivre.
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> One slangy one I recall is beurré, literally buttered, which doesn’t make sense, but is kinda funny.
Maybe beurré sounds like bourré (stuffed; which can also mean drunk…)
You could also say “saoul”…
> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> pedo (farted)
That is “pété” in French; literally this means farted but in English you would say something like “blasted”, which I believe has not yet been mentioned for some reason
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/25 "2023-08-08T21:21:38Z")
My Daddy knew lots of Japanese slang. He said _Yoppi_ for being drunk.
I’m sure it’s not correct. But it made me laugh.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/26 "2023-08-08T21:23:39Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> _einen im Kahn haben_
> _einen im Tee haben_
> _einen sitzen haben_
I just remembered another one of this pattern, _einen im Schuh haben_. They all literally mean “to have one in the…”, so they translate to:
_to have one in the barge_ (don’t know where this comes from)
_to have one in the tea_ (well, you can spike your tea, so that’s understandable)
_to have one sitting_
_to have one in the shoe_ (maybe has to to do with not being able to walk straight when drunk)
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/27 "2023-08-08T21:32:45Z")
Nominated for the rock song with the most synonyms for drunk (sample of lyrics):
The farmer he got plowed
The bricklayer got plastered
The mechanic he got tanked
The construction worker got blasted…
The garbageman got trashed
The janitor got messy
The taxi driver got smashed
The waitress she got tipsy
- The Rainmakers “Drinkin’ On The Job”
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/28 "2023-08-08T21:34:10Z")
I couldn’t get past the feeling that some 30s detective fiction here in the US also used the word _blue_ for drunk, but I haven’t found a reference other than this unsubstantiated reference.
> **[A Hard Driving Blues Expierence! - Why Do They Call it the Blues?](https://www.bigdaddydupree.com/why-do-they-call-it-the-blues/)**
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/29 "2023-08-08T21:38:33Z")
Impressive list !
I think another common Spanish one is borracho/a.
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/30 "2023-08-08T21:42:59Z")
Damned! That is the standard official one, and I forgot!
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/31 "2023-08-08T22:20:16Z")
Hey, did I say I would come back? Here I am, to say that this thread needs a soundtrack. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarFyC7618A) it is!
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/32 "2023-08-08T23:21:22Z")
knee-walking.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/33 "2023-08-08T23:27:58Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> _besoffen_
> _blau_
> _dicht_
> _zu_
> _breit_
> _beschwipst_ (tipsy)
> _voll_
> _knülle_
> _abgestochen_
I think have to explain some of the literal meanings, just like @Pardel-Lux did for the Spanish ones:
_blau_ - blue
_dicht_ - tight, sealed
_zu_- shut, closed
_breit_ - broad, wide
_voll_ - full
_knülle_ - don’t know, just a funny sounding word
_abgestochen_ - stabbed (to death)
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/34 "2023-08-08T23:33:44Z")
Someone sufficiently drunk may end up _praying to the porcelain god._
_noir_ (black) can also mean drunk in French. Similarly _gris_ (grey). Not sure about other colours 🙂
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/35 "2023-08-08T23:35:39Z")
> [@DPRK](#):
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> Similarly _gris_ (grey)
Devenir gris! (We fade to grey)
(obscure [for Americans] 80s pop reference )
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### Author:  [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/36 "2023-08-08T23:42:25Z")
From Down Under:
Munted
Paralytic
Under the affluence of incohol
Squiffy
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/37 "2023-08-08T23:55:31Z")
You might have overlooked it, but ‘blitzed’ (shown above) is pretty common in the U.S. And I don’t doubt that it came from German, but maybe more as an unthinking reference to ‘blitzkrieg’, than [struck by] lightning.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/38 "2023-08-09T00:05:33Z")
Yeah, I know that “blitz” as used in English has another meaning than “lightning”. In German, “blitz” is also an indicator of speed, so “blitzschnell” means “ultrafast”. I think that’s where “Blitzkrieg” comes from.
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/39 "2023-08-09T00:17:02Z")
Yeah, thinking about it some more, English has picked up the verb ‘to blitz’, often used in sports, meaning to deliver a very fast attack.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-synonyms-for-drunk-can-you-come-up-with-in-a-language-that-you-speak/988269/40 "2023-08-09T00:29:02Z")
In German, the verb “blitzen” just means “to flash”.
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