Help me find a word

[Senor_Smut]

When I was young, back in the mid-1600s, the term for having imbibed enough alcohol to be loose and having fun but not enough to be drunk was "buzzed." I was recently informed by a disgusted 20 year old that nobody says buzzed anymore, but i was not told what the current slang for that state is. Can anyone help?

 

[Priscilla_June]

maybe I am old too because I still say buzzed

 

[pink_silk_glove]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk

 

[Senor_Smut]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drunk

Unfortunately I'm looking for current slang, which is by nature too new and probably ephemeral to appear in any online resource except Urban Dictionary -- UD is a good resource but it hasn't been helpful in this instance.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

You're welcome.

 

[NotWise]

Maybe you should ask your disgusted 20-year old what a better word might be. Couldn't be a better source.

"Buzzed" is used in local anti-dwi ads in exactly the way you intend it. People still understand what it means.

 

[Andi_Chase]

Zoomer, uh, we still use buzzed lol

 

[Senor_Smut]

Zoomer, uh, we still use buzzed lol

And the Zoomer perspective is the one I was looking for. Thanks! Buzzed it is.

There is an excellent chance the 20 year old was just fucking with a fossil. I know I used to do that when I was that age.

 

[mildlyaroused]

I'm pretty young, and "buzzed" is still a thing. "Tipsy" is timeless. So is describing the sensation with more than one word.

I think the problem is that us young people usually either drink enough to be drunk, or don't drink at all. You can describe having a "few" drinks, or "casual", "low key", "chill" drinks. But that's the occasion and not the sensation. Also writing slang into your work is dangerous, because it's easy for it to come across as over the top.

 

[Senor_Smut]

I'm pretty young, and "buzzed" is still a thing. "Tipsy" is timeless. So is describing the sensation with more than one word.

I think the problem is that us young people usually either drink enough to be drunk, or don't drink at all. You can describe having a "few" drinks, or "casual", "low key", "chill" drinks. But that's the occasion and not the sensation. Also writing slang into your work is dangerous, because it's easy for it to come across as over the top.

Excellent point about the overuse of slang. In general I don't try to use too much of it and I don't worry if it's mildly out of date, but this one was bugging me.

 

[TheLobster]

“Tipsy” is what I’d go for, if you want an opinion of someone who only pretends to know English.

I haven’t heard “buzzed” be used by anyone, but “having/getting a nice buzz” I did hear a few times.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Excellent point about the overuse of slang. In general I don't try to use too much of it and I don't worry if it's mildly out of date, but this one was bugging me.

Now I know why, when I was twenty, older people didn't take me seriously, although I thought they should. I did find this Gen Z term called "crunck," which means high and drunk at the same time. (Can't one be high on alcohol too? Also, that whole "generation" theme has been done to death by now.)

Some of my favorite old-time terms for very drunk include "lit up like a Christmas tree" and "shit-faced." The former implies that one is still on the upward trajectory of the substance, while the latter implies the morose aftermath.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

"shit-faced."

There's also the abbreviated form of just faced, or if you prefer 'faced with the apostrophe standing in for the omitted shit.

But I believe that he was asking about just mildly drunk, of which tipsy or mellow would work just as easily as buzzed. Perhaps even a "just nicely toasted" although that would be more like a pot high.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

I think women tend to use 'tipsy' more than men, when they've had just a little too much to drink. "He got a nice buzz on," seems more like what a guy would say.

 

[Senor_Smut]

'faced is one I've seen used by people considerably younger than me. I'll keep it in my quiver.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I think women tend to use 'tipsy' more than men, when they've had just a little too much to drink. "He got a nice buzz on," seems more like what a guy would say.

"Tipsy" may mean that you're on the verge of losing your balance, but not quite there yet. INXS coined "elegantly wasted," based on the older term wasted. The video seems to be about any drug including alcohol. It seems to mean that one is trying to still look good but everyone can tell that you are failing at that.

 

[Britva415]

"faded" is one I learned in a recent college class.

"Cross faded" is when you're buzzed on more than one substance at a time, but you can still be faded on just alcohol.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Faded is a good one but bear in mind that I believe it is only an American expression. I've only ever heard it from certain American friends. Never heard it here in Canada.

 

[mildlyaroused]

We say "faded" in New Zealand and Australia too.

Also "cooked" and "baked", but these ones are usually in relation to substances other than alcohol. Same goes for "faded", to be honest.

 

[mildlyaroused]

There's also the all-encompassing "fucked", which I probably use the most, but that usually implies a fair level of intoxication. Not tipsiness.

 

[Senor_Smut]

Faded. Another for the quiver.

 

[TheLobster]

Could be an urban legend but I remember reading that British tabloids use the euphemism “tired and emotional.”

 

[shelleycat1]

Yes, that is true. The publication that started it was Private Eye, a satirical newsrag. It is still going. And very funny. Sadly, they don’t do online and the printed version is teeny tiny print. They also coined Ugandan Discussion as a euphamism for sex. They also persued the Post Office scandal for many years, so props to them.

I would use pissed for drunk, but am not a youngster.

 

[VallesMarineris]

Take a look here:

https://urbanthesaurus.org/synonyms/drunk

 

[Handley_Page]

"Pissed" is still favoured in some UK parts.