fershnickered

A humorous slang term for being drunk or otherwise intoxicated, with an elaborate invented sound that emphasizes the absurdity of the state. The word's pseudo-Yiddish or mock-German sound gives it a comedic quality -- it is the kind of word used when someone wants to describe drunkenness in a funny, slightly genteel way rather than bluntly. Primarily American in usage.

Fershnickered is a wonderfully clunky way to say someone is completely hammered — drunk or high beyond any functional use. The word has a comic, almost cartoon quality to it, like something a befuddled uncle might mutter. It sits in the same jovial, slightly old-fashioned register as sloshed or schnockered, and it sounds exactly like what it means.

(slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.