rat-arsed
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial, mildly, _, vulgar) Extremely drunk.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial, mildly, _, vulgar) Extremely drunk.
“They were completely rat-arsed of course, and when they saw somebody was peeking out of our window started singing 'La Marseillaise' at the top of their voices (they must have recognised whose house it was - my father is French). It went on for quite some time...”
I got completely rat-arsed last night, and ended up tied naked to a lamp post. I'm not going to do that again.
“They were completely rat-arsed of course, and when they saw somebody was peeking out of our window started singing 'La Marseillaise' at the top of their voices (they must have recognised whose house it was - my father is French). It went on for quite some time...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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