Top 100 British Slang Words for DRUNK 🍻🇬🇧 (English Drinking Slang)

Did you know there are over 3,000 ways to say “drunk” in the UK? Here are 100 of our favorite! 🍻 This video features everything from “pissed” to “oot yer tree” and everything in between!
One of our favo(u)rite things about the UK and British culture is the vast variety of slang and idioms. And during our time in the UK, we’ve noticed that there are a LOT of slang words for “drunk.” Learning about British drinking culture and noting the differences and similarities to drinking culture (or lack thereof) in the States has been a blast and learning about England’s drinking slang has been the best part so far!
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[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you to everyone who shared comments for us to use in this video!! Have more drunk slang that we should know about? Drop your answer under this comment and maybe we'll make a part 2! 😄🍻

[@chrisdavies9821]

Armintage is the maker of the toilet basin

[@Savman1417]

I do have a drinking problem, unfortunately i was born with only one mouth.

[@mdwellington]

Canned up is an old one that I haven't heard in a long while.

[@wscottwatson]

When I was a student, I noticed that medical students were enthusiastic users of alcohol. I recall phrases from them referring to anaesthetic levels. "He's had a local" indicating a local anaesthetic. Perhaps his head was numb. "This one's had a GA" when someone has has an ethanol General Anaesthetic so they are unconscious and unresponsive. I can't quite remember if one was called a GMR for General Muscle Relaxant when someone was just far enough out of their tree that they would not be bothering the girls this evening (medical students other activity)...

[@mdwellington]

Comatosed

[@wulfrunian]

“Tired and emotional” is the term used by MPs in Parliament because they’re not allowed to accuse another MP of being drunk.

[@jkmaseruman]

Jim Hacker from Yes Minister was decribed as being overwrought by a newspaper when drunk at an official function which at first sounded ok but then Sir Humphrey elaborated that the paper had actually said he was overwrought as a newt. Class.

[@DylanSargesson]

Reportedly newspapers train their writers now to not use "tired and emotional" because everyone knows that it means drunk so it could be libelous - of course that's not a problem for Parliamentarians as they can't be punished (in a civil or criminal sense) for what they say and do in Parliament.

[@sly1766]

Even though "pissed" or "hammered" are my defaults you cant beat the classic "shitfaced".

[@WanderingRavens]

Short and to the point 😂

[@white-dragon4424]

Most of those in the video are local expressions, but "pissed" and "hammered" are nationwide slang words, with "shitfaced" being a lesser used expression. "Pissed" tends to be the default word for being drunk.

[@neilcaress9036]

Rat-arsed!

[@Nobson-2539]

I use "bladdered" aswell

[@angelmichaelcorr]

Lightweight - A person who gets drunk after a couple of drinks.

[@malcolmanon4762]

Also see - American :)))))

[@blackbob3358]

2 drinks of what, mush ? on ya way.

[@IamNasman]

A cheap date!

[@PlaceboEllie]

Car-parked comes from a Michael McIntyre sketch about how in British English you can put "-ed" on the end of any noun and use it to mean drunk, FYI

[@WanderingRavens]

Good to know! Someone just linked us to the video - hilarious!

[@PlaceboEllie]

@@WanderingRavens I just got to the part when you said it yourself!

[@WanderingRavens]

@@PlaceboEllie I was wondering if the person who submitted that one was just pulling our leg 😄

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

In addition u can put “absolutely” before something and it works, “absolutely...Ed” u can make some funny ones with that

[@pipercharms7374]

@@WanderingRavens nope XD

[@MikeRees]

Saying hello to Mr Armitage - Armitage Shanks are a company that manufacture toilets amongst other bathroom fixtures

[@WanderingRavens]

Ohhhh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha

[@proskipper1]

@@WanderingRavens AKA talking to God on the big white phone - so drunk your kneeling infront of the toilet being sick ...

[@krisdavies9514]

But wouldnt it be hello to mr Shanks?

[@steveshephard1158]

@@krisdavies9514 Possibly, Armitage is actually the village where the company is based.

[@dianef4227]

Goes along with ‘kissing the porcelain’

[@BeckyPoleninja]

Eric, you are beginning to sound more and more like a used car salesman doing a tv commercial in your introduction....thank you for making me laugh out loud today.

[@WanderingRavens]

Ayyyy 👉😉👉 🚗 So glad you enjoyed today's video!! This one was a blast to shoot :D

[@anthony3557]

I’ve going to add tipsy and merry (both for mild inebriation). The morning after, you may be rougher than a badger’s arse. Mr Armitage refers to Armitage Shanks, a firm which makes toilet bowls.

[@kevinshort3943]

" The morning after, you may be rougher than a badger’s arse." Or the even more disturbing, "rougher than a big dogs dick" :(

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha

[@michalpinkney4049]

3 sheets to the wind is a naval term meaning when the ship is at a severe angle.

[@arcturus8218]

damn i was lookin for that one!

[@fatbelly27]

There's a wictionary entry for this one: Derived from sailing ships. The 'sheet' in the phrase uses the nautical meaning, of a rope controlling the trim of sail. A sail (usually a jib sail) is said to be sheeted to the wind, when it is set to backfill (set to the opposite side of the ship from normal use). A jib sail is not normally kept in backfill position. But in a major storm when a ship must be kept “hove-to” (kept as much as possible in a standstill position and not being blown forward) the helm or wheel is lashed to windward, and the jib(s) are sheeted to the windward side of the ship (sheeted to the wind). This causes the ship to hold sideways to the wind and waves to minimize the distance the ship is blown off course during a storm. While hove-to, the ship is at the mercy of the wind and waves it is being held against, and the crew has no control of the ship, other than to hold it in place while it is rolled by waves. As a storm gets stronger, more backfill counterbalancing is required to hold the ship in position and additional jibs are sheeted to the wind to maintain the ship at a standstill. When a ship has three jibs sheeted to the wind, it is being held sideways to wind and waves in strong storm conditions with very high waves, causing it to roll wildly from side to side with each wave, in continuous danger of rolling over or capsizing. Hence 'three sheets to the wind' has been used to describe a highly inebriated person

[@7822welshsteam]

'Steaming' comes from the days when you could go on a trip out to sea on a steam boat and there were no licensing laws on the boat. People used to go on the boats to get drink.

[@GrimWillows]

all your improvised terms made total sense. it's in the story delivery. You mention person(s) drinking and are describing the condition of individual(s). The more ridiculous the description = the more drunk.

[@alanroughley8319]

Clotted creamed would be rhyming slang for steamed - nice one! My fave is Stocious.

[@stevemole4976]

I think boiled in the bag comes from the pre-microwave days. Frozen dinners like Lean Cuisine came in a plastic bag which would be boiled in a pot. Creamed chipped beef and Welsh rarebit are a couple that I remember well.

[@voodooacidman]

oh my! as a resident of the north east of england , where apparently everyone is born with a drink problem ... ;p ..... to be pissed means you are so drunk you wet your pants. Mr. Armitage was one of the first people to produce porcelain toilets, and my personal favorite, a British military term .... " shiters politers!" .... which means you are so drunk you over compensate on pronunciation and etiquette, or in other words, you try to be very polite, even though you are so drunk that remaining upright is a challenge! love this channel, please keep safe through the current health situation, and please! keep posting! big love to all :)

[@neilymanadventures6577]

In Scotland a follow on from steaming is steamboats, as in " lets go and get steamboats tonight" Another one is maroculous (miraculous).

[@WanderingRavens]

Both brilliant! Thank you! :D

[@alexajob4746]

Half of these aslo works for a euphemism of having a one night stand. From this context, the video has another way to be good

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh dear!!! 😂

[@dannydorko7075]

@@WanderingRavens well I think if you use 'shit faced' in that context it's a one night stand gone horribly wrong.

[@amybrown2733]

In Scotland we say “Mad with it” or rather, “mad wae it” haha

[@annaparry4045]

I think that ‘tired and emotional’ originally comes from the satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’, it was often used to describe a late labour politician, George Brown, who was known for liking for a little tipple.

[@hectorthorverton4920]

Good morning both! Your vids seem to get earlier every time. By the time I see them three hundred people have answered your points. But nobody has explained 'tired and emotional'. I believe it began with a politician ( a very senior one) in the 1960s called George Brown. He was reputedly fond of the sauce, and his staff used this euphemism when explaining that he wasn't available to answer questions. The magazine 'Private Eye' picked it up. I like the words you made up. They all work - would be understood if prefaced by 'he was totally...' Grace's 'lotioned' is my favourite. Can I use it (I want to) or is it copyright?

[@WanderingRavens]

Hi Hector! Thank you for explaining the origin of "tired and emotional" for us! Hearing the stories behind these slang phrases is just as fun as learning the phrases themselves. Do glad you enjoyed our attempts at inventing slang - do feel free to use Grace's "lotioned" addition (provided you pay a $10 licensing fee per use, of course) 😜 Stay healthy! x

[@hectorthorverton4920]

@@WanderingRavens You drive a hard bargain, Ravens. Got to finance your wandering somehow, I suppose...

[@WanderingRavens]

@@hectorthorverton4920 Exactly 😂

[@peterxblack]

@Hector Thorverton: *"Grace's 'lotioned' is my favourite"* Oh my!! Dude! hehe *😷; whatever tickles your pickle! *you can't tell because of the face mask but it shows an expression of titillated, giggling suprise! 💖💖ヽ(。_°)ノ(≖▼≖ ).

[@jacketrussell]

Lotioned is pretty good. I've heard drinking being referred to as being on the lotion.👍🏻

[@mikeford4055]

Oh, yeah, I've heard people offer to buy someone a "lotion or two" in pubs. "I suppose it's time I bought a lotion or two" = "it's my round"!

[@barryoffeastenders]

"Battered" is my favourite word to describe being 'wasted'. Also, I think someone may have been "taking the piss" when they told you about the carpark one 😂

[@edcatt6003]

I loved the improv at the end there. Lots of good words but 'door knockered' won it for me.

[@gazmatraz5248]

Love clotted creamed definitely using that ! Pickled refers to the head/brain being pickled from to much booze.

[@Alfie98]

A lot of the words for being drunk are regional originally, but some have crept into general usage throughout the U.K. through social mobility, but I think most from people serving in the British military force's, my favourite is absolutely hammered. Hope you are both well and stay safe.

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you Alfie! Stay safe as well xx

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I've heard "three sheets to the wind" here in America too, although I think drunkenness is a specific type of being three sheets to the wind, with it referring to anything where the situation is entirely out of your control. This is because a small boat has 3 sheets to control the sails, one on the main and two on the jib, and if you loose control of them, they fly off and flap in the wind, and then you loose control of your boat. I bet tattered is a similar sailor's slang.

[@andrewbutler7681]

Just a few points: Mr Armitage probably refers to the toilet manufacturer that became Armitage Shanks (although Armitage was the name of the town in which Thomas Bond started the company in 1817), as you would see the brand name when leaning in to throw up! Banjaxed is an Irish word, made popular by the late radio star Terry Wogan. "Three sheets to/in the wind" does indeed refer to sailing ships: the sheets were ropes used to control the sails - if one or two were loose, it was bad, but not too bad; three would let the sails flap and the ship would lurch about like a drunkard. "Tired and emotional" was famously used in the 1960s to describe Labour politician George Brown, but is now so well known that journalists are advised not to use it...

[@roynishapati8426]

Yep - I'd agree with the Armitage Shanks Definition 👍

[@PedroConejo1939]

Here you go, soused - the ou is like in south. It's just pickled in vinegar. Souse mackerel was a favourite food in our house int oden days. A lot of the different words come from something that happened on a night out with the lads, so are often very personal. We used to grade ours from laughing-drunk, politically-, philosophically-, fighting-, roaring-, shit-his-pants-drunk to yes-mi'lod-drunk on a decent night of Owd Roger. All based on experience. You'll find just as many words for chucking up while drunk.

[@WanderingRavens]

Thanks for explaining "soused" for us! That helps! You all have a brilliant gift for inventing slang :D

[@paulhindle5617]

Mr Armitage refers to the firm Armitage & Shanks, who produced toilet bowls/urinals, their wares are solid and robust ideal for the pub trade. The last thing many a drunk person will remember is their production stamp that is printed in the bowl/urinal in blue. The stamp can still be seen in many older pub toilets, it is one of those things that if you have used the toilets in a UK pub you will have seen it but who reads the manufacturer's mark on a toilet? Now it has been pointed out to you, you will see it on a high percentage of public toilets and be just a little bit more British. Enjoy your search!

[@dogstar75]

'suitably refreshed'. a mock discrete statement for being drunk used in the same way that 'stopping off for refreshments' means going to the pub with the sole purpose of drinking until you fall over,

[@jenniedarling3710]

Your ed drunk terms made me laugh. Thanks for cheering me me up in lock down.

[@christianschofield577]

🤣 Thanks to Grace, I am definitely going to get "Clotted Creamed" as soon as we're out of lockdown!!!! My new favourite!

[@Darth_Revan25]

Your off the bat examples made me piss myself, hahaha! 😆 You guys are the absolute best! ♥

[@leahhoare1186]

In the UK you can basically take any noun and put 'ed' at the end and it works eg. trollied, desked, wardrobed

[@simu31]

"Saying hello to Mr Armitage" comes from the lavatory manufacturer Armitaga Shanks. In other words, you're throwing up

[@adamhorn6917]

@WanderingRavens I've got an a couple of improvisations for drunk fozzeled and gozzeled and I also think clotted-creamed works well done Grace.

[@Trag1cVision]

This video is awesome. Thanks for this. I forgot almost half of them and now realise our drinking culture is probs a bit too much, lol. Mr Armitage is the toilet as in Armitage Shanks which is a company that make urinals.

[@peterrobinson3168]

The Scottish "Steaming" comes from the Clyde steam ferries who could legally sell alcohol during hours when the pubs were shut.

[@thevonya3977]

Piss-Up is a VERY common slang term in the UK, usually means a heavy drinking session with the pure aim to get drunk. It is used commonly in the phrase "Can't organise a piss-up in a brewery"

[@WanderingRavens]

That's good to know! Can it be used to mean "drunk" as well?

[@thevonya3977]

@@WanderingRavens "pissed" or "pissed-up" can be used as being 'very drunk'. Usually used in a sentence as 'pissed' could also mean 'mad/angry', so either 'pissed off his face' or 'pissed as a fart' or something along those lines.

[@WanderingRavens]

@@thevonya3977 Thanks for explaining it for us! :D

[@lu_shulmu]

@@WanderingRavens Since 'pissed' means 'being drunk ' in the UK (and not 'being angry/annoyed' like in the US, that would be 'being pissed off' in the UK), piss-up is a noun that describes, as The Vonya points out, a heavy drinking session. The 'up' element doesn't indicate an upward direction as you are speculating in the video, instead it's used like in 'get-up' or 'make up'. Its occurrence in the phrase 'couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery' to describe someone as useless is so common that you don't actually hear it being used much outside that idiomatic phrase.

[@TheJim9191]

There's also "he's had a skinful", "got your beer jacket on" (referring to the fact that you feel less cold when you're pissed) which are two of my favourites.

[@theaxe9102]

"Out of your tree" is i believe an Aussie expression, comes from when the Koala Bears get that high on Eucalyptus they literally fall out of the trees

[@barnabyames3340]

I got absolutely 'any word ever'ed last night. means pissed in the UK. eg. staircased, tv'ed, hairbrushed . any UK resident would understand these as pissed!!

[@WanderingRavens]

😂

[@deanwest9942]

Don't recall seeing rat-arsed. My favourite euphemism

[@GreenShogun]

I'll take a guess that boiled in the bag links to boil in the bag rice 🤣 great video!

[@edinburghwaytrsmd2776]

Gazebo’d is my favourite! I have no idea where it comes from, or what the person who came up with it got the inspiration for it from, but it just seems to work!

[@gordonlawrence1448]

"boiled in the bag" is I believe from a Billy Connoly stand-up routine. He was talking about how hungry you get and that you get back from the pub and the only thing in the freezer to eat "is some boil in the bag monstrocity from 1974 that is so stuck in the ice you need a hammer and chisel to get it out". "Out of your tree" started being used fairly recently too. There was a good natural history programme (world about us) that made an episode on a particular tree where the fruit rapidly ferment as they fall off. One monkey got so drunk the narrator said something like "he is out of his tree and too drunk to climb back up again". Mr Armatage is from Armatage Shanks who were (and possibly still are) the largest porcelain toilet maker in the UK. IE "Saying hello to Mr Armatage" is usually having a pee, but also so drunk you are "giving it Herbert" or "Giving it Ralph" or "Yelling to God down the great white telephone" (old rotary dial handsets looked a little like old style toilets). Yes my degree is mainly linguistics with some philosophy and psychology thrown in.

[@WanderingRavens]

Linguistics! If I went back to school, it would be for that :D Thank you for giving us additional context. Learning the history behind these slang words is just as fun as learning the words themselves!

[@thevonya3977]

The levels of drunkednes in the UK varies when we talk about drunk. Someone whom is only had a few would be 'tipsy' (ie, only mildly inebriated) whereas a lot of the slang comes from being completely out of your mind drunk as we in the UK have a rather big bing-drinking culture (take any beach town's weekend nightlife as reference)

[@WanderingRavens]

That's what we noticed! Out of these 100 slang phrases, I think only 3 or 4 were for "tipsy." The rest were all about being BLACK OUT drunk 😄

[@davidwallin7518]

There are many more. We have the ability over here to make up a slogan, and some get repeated though most don't. Some depend on the job someones does - such as 'he was so done/tanked/bladdered/merry (there are many, many more) that he couldn't sell water to a thirsty bloke, he couldn't even give it away'.

[@haydenwhite4708]

Loved the video guys! “Drunk as a skunk”. I was waiting for that one 😄

[@WanderingRavens]

So glad you enjoyed it!! This one was really fun to make 😂😂

[@rachelsmith2711]

Not sure if anyone explained the Mr Armitage comment but it is reference the company who make toilets and sinks. Armitage shanks. So if you’re armitaged your head is usually down the toilet being sick.

[@jamesfrain7365]

Carparked works as in British English if you preface any noun with the word “absolutely” or “uttered” it can mean drunk. Normally the longer the word the better, you can get creative with it!

[@AutoAlligator]

"Tight" made me cry laughing! Love it.

[@baaford]

An advanced state of refreshment.

[@jannyj9850]

This was so funny, I've heard of most of them, my fave is having a few bevvies or getting bevvied. 😁

[@WanderingRavens]

We loved that one too! So glad you enjoyed our video :D

[@davidmarsden9800]

I'm sure that's a Liverpudlian phrase originally.

[@benbunyip]

@@davidmarsden9800 used in oz too

[@BoredOfBills]

The thing is, drinking culture is so ingrained in Britain that we have a rich and subtle lexicon to describe not only being drunk, but exactly HOW drunk a person is. There are many levels of this. "Tipsy" means you can feel the effect of the alcohol you have drunk and it's something you would say about yourself but not others."Squiffy" means you can still talk coherently but your tongue is looser than it should be. "Slightly Olivered" (Oliver Twist = pissed) means the same. "Half cut" means someone who isn't yet drunk but who has had too much to drink for the circumstances - Naval origin, if he drinks any more he'll be cut from the crew. "Three sheets to the wind" (Naval Origin) means he / she is drunk enough to be behaving in a way which is completely irresponsible (you would never have three sheets to the wind on a ship). "Blotto" means close to being unconscious. "Tanked up" means drunk and aggressive. "Hammered" means his head is no longer working properly". :Trolleyed" means just about still standing but may go over at any moment (think UK shopping trolley with a wonkey wheel). And, as mentioned in the comments, you can just add "ed" to anything and use it as a euphemism for having been drunk. "He was completely Sainsburysed" will be understood as well as "she was totally telephoned".

[@tiamaria5303]

I've heard countered and panned, 2 of the ones you made up really used in the uk!!!! Xuk

[@nicoleonus]

Mr Armitage refers to Armitage Shanks, a company that have manufactured toilets and bathroom/plumbing fixtures/supplies. You forgot spangled, mofted and fubarred, three of my personal favourites.

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha And thank you for the additional slang!

[@octaviuswhelkstall4661]

Pissed as a newt, Mozart and Liszt (rhyming slang), "tired and emotional", One over the eight, squiffy (just a bit drunk), on the cocoa, on the falling-down water,

[@helenbanks7599]

My personal favourite is 'sozzled'

[@connorward2400]

I'm sure some of those would work well. Bedazzled rhymes with razzled which is one

[@7822welshsteam]

When I saw the title, I was like, "100? There's nothing like that many." Then, I knew about 70 of these!

[@jacklovejoy5290]

My favourite is Trousered, which came from a Michael McIntyre routine

[@redbeki]

Great stuff Ravens ..older people used to say kalied ( pronounced Kay lied ) , for drunk in the midlands , not hammered drunk though . Does anyone else remember this one ? I think we should resurrect it

[@mikeford4055]

That's "kale-eyed" - i.e. unable to see straight. It's a dialect variation of wall-eyed or squint-eyed.

[@redbeki]

@@mikeford4055 wow, after all these years , I never knew that , thanks ..I always thought it meant Kali like sherbet , and was somehow linked to that ... I didn't think of kale ... Puts a different slant on it ...I like kale eyed , we should bring it back 😃

[@terryoconnor5262]

The hell are you doing with a bottle of angosura bitters in the background?! Haha keep it up guys

[@poppad331]

Love you guys, your sense of humoUr fits in with ours, Grace as soon as the pubs reopen I'm going to get clotted creamed lol

[@WanderingRavens]

So glad you approve of our jokes! Enjoy the pub for us :D

[@sarahpenney4881]

There's a brilliant sketch by the UK comedian Michael McIntyre about this. He talked about how you can use any word in the English language in the UK to mean drunk. For example - I went out last night and got absolutely gazeboed. Had a few pints, before you know it I was completely and utterly popcorned. Try it!

[@WanderingRavens]

So funny! Thank you for suggesting that! :D

[@WyndStryke]

The "Tired and emotional" phrasing came about because of a libel case several decades ago. A newspaper described a celebrity as being drunk and got sued as a result, so after that they used the phrase "tired and emotional" since it was legally safer.

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you for giving us additional context. Learning the history behind these slang words is just as fun as learning the words themselves! 😂

[@lylydiz]

It’s particularly to do with members of parliament. It’s illegal to say that an mp is drunk - even if they clearly are. So the magazine Private Eye started using the phrase tired and emotional as an obvious euphemism. Others you can use in the same situation are ‘overwrought’ or something like ‘excuse my mother she’s not quite herself’

[@daniellab8443]

I’m from Glasgow and we say steaming here a lot 😊

[@lawrencegillies]

"puggled" is one of my favourites. Normally one is "a lttle bit tight" tipsy

[@tacitus2306]

In the Royal Marines and The Royal Navy, 'shitters' is commonly used for being somewhat intoxicated. Pronounced: 'shyters', like 'shysters' but without the middle 's'.

[@s1_auds]

12:08 I don't know if you get it anywhere else in the world but ''Say Hello to MR.Armitage'' is reffering to the toilet, there's a toilet in the UK branded ''Armitage Shanks''.

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Oot ya tree is also used in north east England

[@davidmarsden9800]

Mr Armitage refers to the Armitage Shanks sanitary ware company, famous for toilets since Victorian times. The second biggest company was Ideal Standard. Armitage Shanks is also rhyming slang for a solitary activity.

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha

[@chaoringmeister]

Dunno why but I’ve always associated “trollied” with being so drunk that one has to be hospitalised and therefore on a hospital trolley.

[@trevorcannings2966]

I think "trollied" comes from people staggering uncontrollably . a bit like trying to push a shopping trolly across a sloping carpark.

[@markpstapley]

Coming up next, slang words for the Police. A teacher once challenged me to use a different slang word for the police. I was still there ten minutes later...

[@WanderingRavens]

Really?? We haven't heard any yet! What are they? :D

[@AliMohamed-yq4wn]

Wandering Ravens Bobbies, rozzer, the Bill, the old bill, blues and twos, cop, copper, Peeler.

[@markpstapley]

@@WanderingRavens The boys in blue, the po po, the filth, the pigs, the feds, austin aggravation, bacon, bears, old bill, bizzies, cops, cunstable, crusher, peelers, flatfoot, fuzz, the heat, sweeney todd, grasshopper, nick nick, dibble

[@markpstapley]

Bobbies

[@WanderingRavens]

@@markpstapley Wow!!

[@jonathanperrins8432]

You are SO right with your -ed words, everyone made me think "yup means drunk" lol 10 out of 10 each

[@WanderingRavens]

Brilliant!! A brit approving our slang makes us feel like we won the internet today :D Thank you!!

[@jonathanperrins8432]

@@WanderingRavens A reply from You Tubers who are keeping me entertained during this time has made my day as well, so thanks your work is appreciated.

[@WanderingRavens]

@@jonathanperrins8432 Aww, we're so glad you enjoy our videos! Happy to keep you entertained during this time :) Stay healthy!

[@brillsmith2207]

Gatterd is a common one in my area

[@danielleeskelton]

Heard of most of them, and learnt a few new ones. Where I live we used boshed when I was a young lad.

[@WanderingRavens]

Boshed sounds dangerous! :D

[@tonybuk70]

8:25 "tight" we would normally say "a bit tight" not just "tight", it doesn't quite ring right. for me the quintissential british slang is "a bit squiffy", its quite beautiful in its own little way

[@patrickpaganini]

I like 'pedestrianed' and 'porridged'! Awesome!

[@WanderingRavens]

2 points for Grace! 😂

[@olly5764]

Mr Armatiage comes from the fact that a major toilet and sink manufacture was Armitage Shanks. Tired and Emotional was how a politician (I think it may have been Churchill) used it as an excuse when he was seen in a rather drunken state

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha

[@peterrobinson3168]

Armitage-Shanks is a famous manufacturer of bathroom fittings - including urinals. 🙂

[@dacutler]

Australian words for drunk are pretty good too. Liquid laugh, technicolored yawn, talking to God on the big white telephone ( Loos are made by Armitage),

[@Jamie_D]

Lol I might try and see if I can get your clotted creamed one to stick 🤣 say it's rhyming slang for beamed? (It's a stretch but bright beam of light messes with your head and sight :) (The explanation accidentally rhymed) Also I think bedazzled suggestion sounds pretty useable, good mix of fun and weird for what it would be representing

[@stevenr6397]

a 'piss up' is the event of drinking with your mates, it comes from getting 'PISSED' at a 'KNEEs UP' ( knees up being a party or dance)

[@WanderingRavens]

Good to know! Thank you! :D

[@jon9257]

Mortal is used in the north east of England ‘he was absolutely mortal’

[@DavidHeywood_Legend]

'Lotioned' is a good one, well done. As in 'dude what happened to you last night? I was lotioned mate and face planted the floor. Ah that would explain your injuries then'. Excellent, not heard that one before. To be lotioned.

[@thegeegeese]

13:46 this was really funny and the weird thing is my mind DID register all those words as meaning ‘drunk’ 😂 Actually, Michael McIntyre has a routine about this exact thing! (Search “Michael McIntyre Gets Absolutely Bungalowed”) You can really use any -ed word!

[@matthill216]

Armitage shanks is a manufacturer of porcelain toilets. Door knockered was your best attempt and something that would be culturally accepted and understood

[@brianlynch2759]

Here in Ireland the common word is 'langers' sometimes used in England by expat's eg ' By jaysus, yer man was langered last night, so he was'.

[@Joey-cz8il]

Working in a club and see it most weeks my favourites are; Fresh, well oiled, and had a good rinse

[@theprophet9429]

Shocking omissions: LAGGING - can't believe no one mentioned this, as it's one of the most common descriptions - in London, anyway. DRUNK AS A SACK MERRY - is THE most common word to described someone who is on their way to be drunk - so, 3-5 units for a Brit, 0.5-1 for an American :D. If you hear "Tight" in the UK, 99.999999% of the time it will mean "tight with money" - or what you call "cheap", in the US.

[@WanderingRavens]

These are brilliant! Thank you for sharing! And thank you for giving us more context for "tight" :D

[@ianwoodall4523]

Armitage Shanks was a famous manufacturer of toilets back in the day. So Armitaged means you at up chucking over the loo. Or, "Talking to god down the great white telephone" as it is also known.

[@paulamiller8386]

Mr Armitage made porcelain products, like toilets.

[@MeStevely]

Many toilets in the UK used to be made by Armitage Shanks, and their name was printed on the inside of the bowl. You’d say hello when your head was down there losing the contents of your stomach.

[@kieronimo1]

From my experience, it's from trying to focus and aim at the man's name, written on the back of urinal. That moment when you realise your vision's blurred and you've just pissed on your leg.

[@Britwithadrone]

I always loved Gazebo'd.... Mr Armitage, I will have to remember that one. haha

[@pauloconnor9522]

I'm not pished Rimmer! Denial of drunkenness, a quote from Red Dwarf

[@thepoetsparchment4612]

You've only had 2 cans and your steaming!

[@selsig_dwp]

Steaming is my favourite. pretty sure it's Welsh slang borrowed by the English, I would use it when I'm on the verge of being cunted (drunk where I cant remember anything lol) another good term, for being hungover - angin! or 'hanging' as I have heard English people say it

[@JGD178]

some context for all parts of the night... “tipsy” is getting there, “steaming” is just drunk, “smashed” is uncontrollably drunk, “he/she is gone” means black out and “hanging” means hungover

[@josephmartintodd7470]

Hello Mr armatage. There used to be a company that made toilets and wash basins called armatage and shanks. Basically, he's throughing up in the toilet

[@maizoon4327]

There's a bit by Michael McIntyre on KZbin doing this, my favourite was gazeboed 😁

[@Macca-zx7gz]

Armitage Shanks is the main maker of toilet. "Hello mr Armitage..." so drunk you're hanging off the toilet. Also "she's on the god phone" means the same as above. You're 'oh God oh God' into the toilet. = God phone 😂

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! That makes much more sense than what we were thinking haha

[@davidcopplestone6266]

Here's a few more 1. Pissed as a newt....a variation of what you already mentioned 2. Merry.......You have had 2 or 3 drinks 3. Buzzing.......more than 5 or 6, but not totally incapacitated

[@WanderingRavens]

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