Daily Mail - From 'carparked' to 'cabbaged': Britons have over 500 words for 'drunk'.

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The study found that the British have an astonishing 546 words that are formally defined as meaning drunk, including 'trolleyed', 'hammered', 'wellied' and 'steampigged'. Read the newspaper article here.

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