Does English have an infinite number of words for drunkenness?

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This podcast is for everyone who enjoys or even loves language. Have you ever wondered why we speak or write like that? And how we can find out what is usual, "right" or "wrong" in language use? Then join linguistics professor Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer and linguistics enthusiast Dominic Piazza on a backstage tour of linguistic research as they engage in entertaining chats about all the many fun and interesting aspects of language. Visit our website: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast.php

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Does English have an infinite number of words for drunkenness? | Drunkonyms

Linguistics Behind the Scenes

20 minutes 41 seconds

7 months ago

Does English have an infinite number of words for drunkenness? | Drunkonyms

Christina and Dominic raise a glass to drunkonyms in this intoxicating episode of Linguistics Behind the Scenes!

- Why do the English have hundreds of words for drunkenness?

- Can you really say “I was utterly gazeboed” and still be understood?

- What does linguistics reveal about our most creative intoxication expressions?

Enjoy this cocktail of linguistic knowledge as the hosts explore the staggering number of words for being drunk in the English language. Cheers to language!

Full episode transcript available here:

https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast-transcripts.php#Episode2

Full article available to read for free here:

“I’m gonna get totally and utterly X-ed.” Constructing drunkenness. By Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer and Peter Uhrig. https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2023-0007

Watch Michael McIntyre’s comedy routine about posh words for being drunk here:
https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelMcIntyre/videos/posh-words-for-being-drunk-michael-mcintyre/1119454918243178/