Drunkonyms

From the August 10th Chicago Tribune by Heidi Stevens.

What with all our debt problems these days, some folks are using drunken metaphors to illuminate us.

"We spend like drunken sailors. The debt deal is like curing a drunk with vodka.

Heidi Stevens wants the folks to use some more interesting ways to say drunk.

She suggests Founding Father Benjamin Franklin's "The Drinkers Dictionary" in which he used more than 200 synonyms for "drink."

It was first published Jan. 13, 1737, in the Pennsylvania Gazette. He broke it down alphabetically.

The Letter "A"

He is Addled.
He is casting up his Accounts.
He's Afflicted.
He's in his Airs.

The Letter "B"

He's Biggy.
Bewitched
Block and Block
Boozy
Bowz'd
Been at Barbadoes

Some others she likes:

Cherubimical
Crump Footed
Lappy
Staggerish
He's had a Thump over the Head with Sampson's Jawbone.
He's right before the Wind with all his Studding Sails out.

I like Staggerish myself. I've seen some Staggerish folks. Even been Staggerish myself back in the day, but not much anymore. The next day is too rough.

Hey, I Just Might Have to Check Franklin Out. --DaCoot