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Drunk
Halloween is here. I am not much of a party guy but since it is a Saturday I plan to attend a costume party tonight. Saturday and Halloween are a potent combination. Watch out tonight for drunks.
With all the hard cider and pumpkin beer being consumed there could be some impaired drivers. Watch out for inebriated ghouls stumbling along the roads tonight.
I have been getting my costume ready. And I’m preparing to encounter the excessive imbibers. I’m reading “Drunk - the Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary” (Melville House) by Paul Dickson.
Dickson has come up with another wordy record; 2,964 synonyms for being drunk. Here are a few of my favorites:
Buicked
Decanted
Discumfuddled
Gouged
Liquefied
Peelywally
Stung
Up a stump
Bluttered
Gaaaaaaaaaa
Mellifluous
Wettish
Very
Tap-shackled
Redirected
Oaaaaaaaaaa
Got the gravel rash
Bought the black sun
Feeling his onions
Like Christmas
It is a fabulous book. Watch out tonight for those he describes….
Vick Mickunas
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By Insider
November 1, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this
I enjoyed Halloween by watching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I never realized Frank’s first name was ‘Victor’ It was a pretty passionate movie. I don’t use holidays to dictate my drinking habits so I only had some fresh (not hard) cider. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
By ohio ex patriate
October 31, 2009 4:11 PM | Link to this
Hi Vick: Hope all has been well. Have a safe time tonight. Key West is completely insane with Fantasy Fest. Big parade and party in a few hours. Lots of drunks everywhere. Many have succumbed to what I like to call a “gravity coma.” Cheers.