The most and least popular slang words for being drunk revealed this Dry January
dailyrecord.co.ukScots are known across the world for their expression and humour. From Billy Connolly to Robert Burns, we are a nation of wordsmiths, and we certainly know how to conjure up very comical ways of describing things and people.Scotland is also a country that is fond of an alcoholic beverage.
Put the two together - a way with words and a tendency to enjoy a drink - and the result is some pretty creative ways to describe being inebriated.
There are over 3000 ways to describe being drunk, but which are officially Brits' favourite? According to Preply, an online language course provider, the UK's favourite slang words and phrases for being drunk have been revealed.“There are so many slang words for being drunk," a language expert at Preply said. "Because drinking has been a typical social activity for centuries, people have developed vocabulary to describe different states of drunkenness. "In fact, there's even a fun term for this - drunkonyms - highlighting just how many ways Brits have found to talk about being drunk.
These terms come from how different societies have approached drinking."In the UK, pubs have been central to social life, leading to a varied variety of slang.
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