English is very good for euphemism!

For instance: "The double nut bag pipe." It's one of my favorites, I'd like to take credit for it. Plenty of English segue language.

But also I'm aware of some very good Russian.

The word for butthole literally means donut. 

The word for armpit is mouse belly. 

Instead of saying, damn, you say, pancake. 

I'm sure every language has some very good side meanings.

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"Drunkonyms fit in well with English linguistic and humorous traditions.”

British comedian Michael McIntyre has a standard bit in his standup routines concerning the many (many!) slang terms posh British people use to describe being drunk. These include "wellied," "trousered," and "ratarsed," to name a few. McIntyre's bit rests on his assertion that pretty much any English word can be modified into a so-called "drunkonym," bolstered by a few handy examples: "I was utterly gazeboed," or "I am going to get totally and utterly carparked."

It's a clever riff that sparked the interest of two German linguists. Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer of Chemnitz University of Technology and Peter Uhrig of FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg decided to draw on their expertise to test McIntyre's claim that any word in the English language could be modified to mean "being in a state of high inebriation." Given their prevalence, "It is highly surprising that drunkonyms are still under-researched from a linguistic perspective," the authors wrote in their new paper published in the Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association. Bonus: the authors included an extensive appendix of 546 English synonyms for "drunk," drawn from various sources, which makes for entertaining reading.

# [Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can](https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/british-comedian-inspires-linguistic-study-of-slang-synonyms-for-getting-drunk/)

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> "Drunkonyms fit in well with English linguistic and humorous traditions.”
>
> British comedian Michael McIntyre has a standard bit in his standup routines concerning the many (many!) slang terms posh British people use to describe being drunk. These include "wellied," "trousered," and "ratarsed," to name a few. McIntyre's bit rests on his assertion that pretty much any English word can be modified into a so-called "drunkonym," bolstered by a few handy examples: "I was utterly gazeboed," or "I am going to get totally and utterly carparked."
> 
> It's a clever riff that sparked the interest of two German linguists. Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer of Chemnitz University of Technology and Peter Uhrig of FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg decided to draw on their expertise to test McIntyre's claim that any word in the English language could be modified to mean "being in a state of high inebriation." Given their prevalence, "It is highly surprising that drunkonyms are still under-researched from a linguistic perspective," the authors wrote in their new paper published in the Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association. Bonus: the authors included an extensive appendix of 546 English synonyms for "drunk," drawn from various sources, which makes for entertaining reading.
>
> ### [... read more](https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/british-comedian-inspires-linguistic-study-of-slang-synonyms-for-getting-drunk/)

Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can

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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many canCan any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can

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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”? Not all, but many can

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