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\"Intoxerated\"<\/a>A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! by\u00a0Leslie Dinaberg<\/a>\u00a0|<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my favorite gifts this holiday season was a paperback book called Intoxerated: The Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary<\/i><\/a> by Paul Dickson<\/a>. Billed as “the book that set the Guinness World Record <\/a>for most synonyms of a single word in English\u2014’drunk,'” this slim volume is a fun read that is sure to spawn a new generation of party games for the tipsy.<\/p>\n

According to the author, “the first person to ever collect and publish a sampling from the cornucopia of English slang for drunkeness” was Benjamin Franklin, with his 1737 Drinker’s Dictionary<\/i>. Other prestigious contributors to the oeuvre were Charles Dickens, H.L. Mencken and Ambrose Bierce, among other lubricated literary lexicography lions.<\/p>\n

Some of my favorite synonyms for soused (from the book) include:<\/p>\n

A Weeble<\/strong>: from the name of the toy Weebles who wobble but they don’t fall down.<\/p>\n

Cabbaged<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boris Yeltsinned<\/strong>: after the notoriously alcoholic Russian Prime Minister, then later popularized in an episode of “The Simpsons,” where they give a breathalyzer to a bar patron to see if it was safe for them to drive. The meter had the following degrees of inebriation: Not Drunk\/Tipsy\/Pissed\/Boris Yeltsin.<\/p>\n

The emoticons: *)<\/strong>, %*)<\/strong> and %-)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Full of loud mouth soup<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snicker-doodled<\/strong><\/p>\n

Count Drunkula<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zambonied<\/strong>: a reference to the Zamboni ice re-surfacing machine.<\/p>\n

Feng schwasted<\/strong>: a surrounding harmonious atmosphere encouraging of a state of intoxication.<\/p>\n

Pixelated<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obnoxicated<\/strong>: a combination of “intoxicated” and “obnoxious” coined by Louis Jordan in his 1947 hit song, “Open the Door, Richard.”<\/p>\n

Picassoed<\/strong><\/p>\n

X Filed<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s just a sampling of the synonyms in this toast-worthy book. Pick up a copy. I think you’ll find it … quite intoxicating.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

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Originally published in\u00a0Santa Barbara SEASONS<\/a>\u00a0on January 3, 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Leslie<\/a>

Leslie Dinaberg<\/p><\/div>\n

When she\u2019s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS<\/a>, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes magazine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a \u201cgoal-oriented drinker.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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