squiffy
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squiffy
IN BRIEF: adj. - Very drunk.
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adjective
adjective
1: Drunk. (1855 —) .
D. Potter 'There's another bottle,' said Helen. 'Good! I feel like getting a bit squiffy' (1988).
2: Askew, skew-whiff. (1941 —) .
G. Melly I never associated it with an orgy, a term I felt to imply a Roman profusion of grapes, wine, buttocks, breasts, marble chaises-longues, and squiffy laurel crowns (1977).
[Origin unknown.]
adjective
1: Drunk. (1855 —) .
D. Potter 'There's another bottle,' said Helen. 'Good! I feel like getting a bit squiffy' (1988).
2: Askew, skew-whiff. (1941 —) .
G. Melly I never associated it with an orgy, a term I felt to imply a Roman profusion of grapes, wine, buttocks, breasts, marble chaises-longues, and squiffy laurel crowns (1977).
[Origin unknown.]
| squiffed, squidge, squib | |
| squillion, squillionaire, squire |
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