July 9th, 2009
My Thursday Thirteen today is inspired by the Drinking and Drunkenness section of Marc McCutcheon’s Building Believable Characters. (And it had nothing whatsoever to do with my grump in the previous post!)
Thirteen Drink Related Descriptions and Symptoms
1. Inebriated
2. Tipsy
3. Stagger
4. Excessive
5. Swill
6. Soused
7. Pickled
8. Giddy
9. Stupor
10. Headache
11. Double Vision
12. Brawl
13. Guzzle
If you wanted to describe a drunken hero or a tipsy heroine which words would you choose?
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July 9th, 2009 at 1:58 am · Link
All of which will be used at some point to recant the events of the RWA convention LOL’ Fun list! Happy T13!
July 9th, 2009 at 4:06 am · Link
whooshhh!!
Happy TT
13 Breath-taking Moments
July 9th, 2009 at 4:31 am · Link
Happy Thursday, Shel.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:36 am · Link
Glad I’m not there right now :)
Happy Thursday!
http://iamharriet.blogspot.com/2009/07/whoopie-thursday.html
July 9th, 2009 at 5:56 am · Link
Slurping –water here in HOT HOT Texas
July 9th, 2009 at 6:37 am · Link
soused is my fave!!
happy tt! please visit mine!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:14 am · Link
I believe I’ve used ALL of these terms. I also used “Shwacked”which is just a weird term I’ve heard. Also “Lit”.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:15 am · Link
Knowing me, and my editor, I’d end up describing the drunkenness in excruciating detail.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:21 am · Link
When I was growing up my Grandma used the expression “three sheets to the wind” for someone who was drunk. I have no idea how that relates to being drunk or the origin of the expression.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am · Link
Those are all great! I’d probably use tipsy!
*hugs*
Paige
My TT is at http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com/
July 9th, 2009 at 8:46 am · Link
I love “pickled”.
Happy T13! Hugs.
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July 9th, 2009 at 10:35 am · Link
Hmm. Let’s see. How about “blotto” or “pixilated” ? Happy TT!
July 9th, 2009 at 11:39 am · Link
I’d probably use sh*tfaced. It’s a personal favorite of mine, LOL.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pm · Link
An appropriate list, considering the number of people preparing to leave for RWA National.
July 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm · Link
Hi Shelley,
I have that same book and found it really useful.
Happy TT.
Janice~
July 9th, 2009 at 4:33 pm · Link
I’ve used sh*tfaced, pissed and feeling no pain for a few characters.
Fun idea for a list.
Happy T13 :)
July 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm · Link
Jennifer – I haven’t heard either of those terms before.
Alice – LOL – me, too. I think detail is good.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pm · Link
Lucinda – I’ve heard that expression used as well. I have no idea where it came from either.
Paige – my grandmother used to say – tipsy. My father used to use the word shicker when it came to drunks. I’ve no idea where that came from.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pm · Link
Brenda – I’ve heard blotto used but pixated is a new one to me.
Maya – Yep, it says it all really!
Heather – I wish I was going to Nationals.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pm · Link
Janice – Marc’s book is excellent. I use it all the time.
Babette – all very good descriptions. I’ve used a few of them in my time.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm · Link
I’m not allowed to have those types of drinks at the moment but I’ll have to keep that list in mind when I’m allowed again. Some of those words are very interesting…
July 9th, 2009 at 5:49 pm · Link
Seems like so long ago – oh wait it has been. Great list.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:16 pm · Link
Sloshed? Wiped? Hammered? Juiced? Intoxicated? A zombie? Bombed? Out of it?
Jeesh. And I don’t even drink!
Good luck!
July 10th, 2009 at 2:31 am · Link
Lauren – no, you shouldn’t be drinking at the moment.
Pamela LOL – thanks for stopping by.
Elaine – hammered is a good decription. A zombie too. I’ve just read a book with zombies in it so this one made me laugh.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pm · Link
I found this site on the internet that tells the origin of that expression. It’s a nautical saying: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/three-sheets-to-the-wind.html
July 10th, 2009 at 9:16 pm · Link
Thanks for that, Lucinda. I thought that sheets must be the sails. Now I know better!
July 14th, 2009 at 6:57 am · Link
Heh. Just finished reading an old Nora Roberts that has the funniest “drunk” scene in it that I’ve ever read. I don’t think the descriptive words are so important as getting the action right…and she certainly did that.