# The best term for "very drunk" is... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672 "2005-12-08T14:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/1 "2005-12-08T14:41:20Z")
I love hearing terms like: “spitting drunk”, “walking in an earthquake”, “sauced, hosed, slammed, etc…” what are your best euphemisms? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/2 "2005-12-08T14:45:07Z")
“Shit-faced” or “commode-hugging drunk.” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/3 "2005-12-08T14:47:46Z")
Knackered. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/4 "2005-12-08T14:53:41Z")
Blotto ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/5 "2005-12-08T15:04:40Z")
In Korea, we just say died. Really. We say, “I drank so much last night I died.” Makes sense I say. The next morning finds us looking like very must like the undead. My personal favorite expression is “plastered.” ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/6 "2005-12-08T15:05:48Z")
There’s plenty round there parts, but I love my friend’s aunt who would talk about people being “animated”. In other words, they were absolutely legless. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/7 "2005-12-08T15:08:24Z")
Stinko Shit-face bombed Cross-eyed All fucked up Couldn’t find his ass with both hands Three sheets to the wind (I am Sam Hat/On: “what does that MEAN???” /I am Sam Hat) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/8 "2005-12-08T15:14:23Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Three sheets to the wind (I am Sam Hat/On: “what does that MEAN???” /I am Sam Hat) In case you aren’t joking… [3 sheets to the wind](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-thr1.htm) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/9 "2005-12-08T15:17:00Z")
Faced. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/10 "2005-12-08T15:19:15Z")
“Ossified”. Don’t thank me, thank P. G. Wodehouse ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/11 "2005-12-08T15:20:43Z")
I like “Polluted” and “Toxic”. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/12 "2005-12-08T15:23:44Z")
Pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/13 "2005-12-08T15:38:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > In case you aren’t joking… > > [3 sheets to the wind](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-thr1.htm) > 😃 I didn’t know that! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/14 "2005-12-08T15:41:11Z")
I like pissed too. But only because of all of the terms mentioned, pissed is the only one that I can actually innunciate when I’m pissed. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/15 "2005-12-08T15:43:36Z")
**Blittered** , short for obliterated. **All shot away.** **In his own movie.** **Buttered** means your grip on the world is slippery but very tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/16 "2005-12-08T15:44:58Z")
Hammered ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/17 "2005-12-08T15:50:38Z")
I also use Dan Jenkin’s stages of drunkenness: 1. Witty and Charming 2. Rich and Powerful 3. Benevolent 4. Clairvoyant 5. Fuck Dinner 6. Patriotic 7. Crank up the Enola Gay 8. Witty and Charming, Part II 9. Invisible 10. Bulletproof ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/18 "2005-12-08T15:52:10Z")
Bombed blasted blitzed hammered shit faced fucked up screwed up stoned messed up gone ripped layed out liquored up boozed up …more, but that should do for now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/19 "2005-12-08T15:58:05Z")
Pissed as a parrot. Drucking funk. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-term-for-very-drunk-is/334672/20 "2005-12-08T16:06:24Z")
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