The Definitive Ranking Of The Best Words For "Drunk"

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    Ailbhe Malone
    by Ailbhe Malone

    BuzzFeed Staff, UK

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    Two glasses of wine, no dinner.

    Decision you might make while in this state: To send a work email after-hours. But you will triple-check it for any spelling errors.

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    Too much. You drank too much and you drank all of it.

    Decision you might make while in this state: To perform an athletic endeavour far beyond the remit of your body.

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    Giddy and fuelled by a combination of drinks and a particularly good day.

    Decision you might make in this state: To walk home, rather than take the bus. For four miles.

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    You are a burly man. And you are very drunk.

    Decision you might make in this state: To leave an overwhelmingly large tip for a barmaid, because she has kindly eyes.

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    Long lunch, several wines, heartwarming conversation.

    Decision you might make while in this state: To go home and have a lovely nap.

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    You have been drinking solidly for most of the day. You have become nasty and beleaguered. But you continue.

    Decision you might make in this state: To try and cleverly get into a nightclub without paying, by lurching into the bouncer.

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    You are a teenager.

    Decision you might make in this state: To call your ex, but also your parents, because you have vomited on yourself and would like to go home.

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    You are pretty drunk, probably on the most general bottle of white wine that the corner shop sells.

    Decision you might make in this state: To take up a new hobby, thus spending £50 on calligraphy pens from Amazon.

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    You were having a nice time, but it has now all become A Bit Much.

    Decision you might make in this state: You've gone rogue. Your friends don't understand you. You slip out of the night club, into a taxi, and try to pay by bartering your shoe.

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    You are a 1920s socialite.

    Decision you might make in this state: To drop in at your club, and then to visit your aunt Fanny in the country.

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    A resolutely Scottish type of drunk.

    Decision you might make in this state: To buy another bottle of Bucky.

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    You are over 60, most likely male, and have settled into the bar at the golf club.

    Decision you might make in this state: To send the following text to your children: "hii can u record Strictly? thzx :-))KlLKNLS123"

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    Four pints of ale, and you are ready to set the world to rights. Or to argue about how everybody else is wrong.

    Decision you might make in this state: To circle around a pointless argument for the guts of an hour.

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    You are far drunker than you ought to be, and at an inopportune moment.

    Decision you might make in this state: Washing your face in the sink to sober up, but end up splashing water all down your shirt.

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    You are incredibly drunk, most likely on something that cost over £20 a bottle, but you don't care because you are king of all you survey.

    Decision you might make in this state: To take a taxi to the next destination, rather than walk for ten minutes, because you are not peasants.

    Honourable mentions: Pissed as a newt, Gazeboed, Cucumbered, Had a snootful.

    Images by Robin Edds and Tom Phillips