Ben Franklin's Drunk Dictionary
First, a note from Mr. Franklin: āThe Phrases in this Dictionary are not (like most of our Terms of Art) borrowād from Foreign Languages, neither are they collected from the Writings of the Learned in our own, but gatherād wholly from the modern Tavern-Conversation of Tiplers. I do not doubt but that there are many more in use; and I was even tempted to add a new one my self under the Letter B, to wit, Brutifyād: But upon Consideration, I fearād being guilty of Injustice to the Brute Creation, if I represented Drunkenness as a beastly Vice, since, ātis well-known, that the Brutes are in general a very sober sort of People.ā
A
He is Addled,
Heās casting up his Accounts,
Heās Afflicted,
Heās in his Airs.
B
Heās Biggy,
Bewitchād,
Block and Block,
Boozy,
Bowzād,
Been at Barbadoes,
Pissād in the Brook,
Drunk as a Wheel-Barrow,
Burdockād,
Buskey,
Buzzey,
Has Stole a Manchet out of the Brewerās Basket,
His Head is full of Bees,
Has been in the Bibbing Plot,
Has drank more than he has bled,
Heās Bungey,
As Drunk as a Beggar,
He sees the Bears,
Heās kissād black Betty,
Heās had a Thump over the Head with Sampsonās Jawbone,
Heās Bridgey.
C
Heās Cat,
Cagrinād,
Capable,
Crampād,
Cherubimical,
Cherry Merry,
Wamble Cropād,
Crackād,
Concernād,
Half Way to Concord,
Has taken a Chirriping-Glass,
Got Corns in his Head,
A Cup to much,
Coguy,
Copey,
Heās heat his Copper,
Heās Crocus,
Catchād,
He cuts his Capers,
Heās been in the Cellar,
Heās in his Cups,
Non Compos,
Cockād,
Curvād,
Cut,
Chipper,
Chickery,
Loaded his Cart,
Heās been too free with the Creature,
Sir Richard has taken off his Considering Cap,
Heās Chap-fallen,
D
Heās Disguizād,
Heās got a Dish,
Killād his Dog,
Took his Drops,
It is a Dark Day with him,
Heās a Dead Man,
Has Dippād his Bill,
Heās Daggād,
Heās seen the Devil,
E
Heās Prince Eugene,
Enterād,
Wet both Eyes,
Cock Eyād,
Got the Pole Evil,
Got a brass Eye,
Made an Example,
Heās Eat a Toad & half for Breakfast.
In his Element,
F
Heās Fishey,
Foxād,
Fuddled,
Sore Footed,
Frozen,
Well in forāt,
Owes no Man a Farthing,
Fears no Man,
Crump Footed,
Been to France,
Flushād,
Froze his Mouth,
Fetterād,
Been to a Funeral,
His Flag is out,
Fuzlād,
Spoke with his Friend,
Been at an Indian Feast.
G
Heās Glad,
Groatable,
Gold-headed,
Glaizād,
Generous,
Boozād the Gage,
As Dizzy as a Goose,
Been before George,
Got the Gout,
Had a Kick in the Guts,
Been with Sir John Goa,
Been at Geneva,
Globular,
Got the Glanders.
H
Half and Half,
Hardy,
Top Heavy,
Got by the Head,
Hiddey,
Got on his little Hat,
Hammerish,
Loose in the Hilts,
Knows not the way Home,
Got the Hornson,
Haunted with Evil Spirits,
Has Taken Hippocrates grand Elixir,
I
Heās Intoxicated,
Jolly,
Jaggād,
Jambled,
Going to Jerusalem,
Jocular,
Been to Jerico,
Juicy.
K
Heās a King,
Clips the Kingās English,
Seen the French King,
The King is his Cousin,
Got Kibād Heels,
Knapt,
Het his Kettle.
L
Heās in Liquor,
Lordly,
He makes Indentures with his Leggs,
Well to Live,
Light,
Lappy,
Limber,
M
He sees two Moons,
Merry,
Middling,
Moon-Eyād,
Muddled,
Seen a Flock of Moons,
Maudlin,
Mountous,
Muddy,
Raisād his Monuments,
Mellow,
N
Heās eat the Cocoa Nut,
Nimptopsical,
Got the Night Mare,
O
Heās Oilād,
Eat Opium,
Smelt of an Onion,
Oxycrocium,
Overset,
P
He drank till he gave up his Half-Penny,
Pidgeon Eyād,
Pungey,
Priddy,
As good conditioned as a Puppy,
Has scalt his Head Pan,
Been among the Philistines,
In his Prosperity,
Heās been among the Philippians,
Heās contending with Pharaoh,
Wasted his Paunch,
Heās Polite,
Eat a Pudding Bagg,
R
Heās Rocky,
Raddled,
Rich,
Religious,
Lost his Rudder,
Ragged,
Raisād,
Been too free with Sir Richard,
Like a Rat in Trouble.
S
Heās Stitchād,
Seafaring,
In the Sudds,
Strong,
Been in the Sun,
As Drunk as Davidās Sow,
Swampt,
His Skin is full,
Heās Steady,
Heās Stiff,
Heās burnt his Shoulder,
Heās got his Top Gallant Sails out,
Seen the yellow Star,
As Stiff as a Ring-bolt,
Half Seas over,
His Shoe pinches him,
Staggerish,
It is Star-light with him,
He carries too much Sail,
Stewād
Stubbād,
Soakād,
Soft,
Been too free with Sir John Strawberry,
Heās right before the Wind with all his Studding Sails out,
Has Sold his Senses.
T
Heās Topād,
Tongue-tyād,
Tannād,
Tipium Grove,
Double Tonguād,
Topsy Turvey,
Tipsey,
Has Swallowād a Tavern Token,
Heās Thawād,
Heās in a Trance,
Heās Trammelād,
V
He makes Virginia Fence,
Valiant,
Got the Indian Vapours,
W
The Malt is above the Water,
Heās Wise,
Heās Wet,
Heās been to the Salt Water,
Heās Water-soaken,
Heās very Weary,
Out of the Way.
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