10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAT-ARSED»
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English-German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
herumreiten to (constantly/...) get/to keep getting plaste- red/legless/pissed/btotto/
tanked up/rat- arsed/... Bime: sich (dauernd/...) die Birne zuknallen to keep going
dranhalten: sich dranhalten (müssen, wenn ...) • machen: voran machen to keep
...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
255, 1999 • JAMIE: 'E'S rat-arsed. — Chris Baker and Andrew Day, Lock, Stock...
& A Good Slopping Out. p. 450, 2000 • "(PJiss artists" are "boozy", "fluffy", "well-
gone", "legless", "crocked", wrecked", paralytic", "rat-arsed", "shit-faced" and ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the ...
3. From. cup-shot. to. rat-arsed. WORDS. FOR. BEING. DRUNK. In the beginning,
one was simply drunken orfordrunken ('very drunk'). But already the Anglo-
Saxons had begun to develop a more sophisticated vocabulary. One could be ...
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
40/1 Within five years 6oo,ooot of the new rape-based bio-fuel rape methyl ester (
RME) will be produced on the Continent. rat, n.l Add: [7.] e. rat-arsed a. slang [
perh. related to sense 2 c above], drunk (cf. *RATTED a.3). 1984 P. BEALF.
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Sometimes shortened to raspberry. rat-arsed drunk. Since the early 1980s. See
also ratted. ratbag 1 an ill-disposed, unpleasant, disreputable or despicable
person. Of Australian origin; used in the UK since around 1960. 2 an eccentric.
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
tu;.i/ /%r&8-/ noun [U] a savoury dish made by cooking vegetables, such as
tomatoes, aubergines and peppers, in liquid at a low heat ratbag /"r&t.b&g/ noun [
C] mainly uk informal an unpleasant person ratchet /"r&tS.It/ "noun [C] a part of a ...
He left me with a mum who sleeps all day, goes clubbing every night, and is
always rat-arsed wherever she is.” There was a pause. “Rat-arsed?” Freya asked
. For some reason, this struck her as funny. She couldn't stop a giggling snort
from ...
“No, Ijust think you're rat-arsed.” “Rat-arsed. In the Rats.” I sniggered again. “
That's a...that's a... Whassat?” “It's about time you got some fresh air. Not to
mention fresh jokes.” Phil took a firmer hold of my elbow. “This way.” It got cold,
suddenly, ...
“I'm completely rat-arsed.” Glancing at him to see the effect of this admission, I
saw the gold lights dancing in his eyes. Was he laughing at me again? He said, “
That's another thing about this city. I speak seven languages fluently, including ...
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From Here to Paternity
'It wasn't bad,' I ignored Twem, 'We left Hong Kong and were rat-arsed by 35,000
feet.' 'Rat-arsed?' she asked quizzically and started to take more notes. 'You
know,' I replied, 'pissed, drunk, legless.' 'and you have stunning legs.' Twem was
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAT-ARSED»
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4. Rat-Arsed. An even better way to say you're drunk: I'm rat-arsed after four martinis. 5. Sod Off. Go away, get out: Sod off, Cornelia. I'm trying to watch 'Game of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
The Open 2015: Another round? Ill wind drives fans to 19th hole to …
... the 18th green, then rock, paper, scissors in the event of a play-off. It's possible he had been drinking. It was carnage in town. Everyone was R&A – Rat-Arsed. «The Independent, Jul 15»
'It is NOT rape if the woman is drunk': Outrage as top barrister says …
“Or Number Two: If you do go out don't get rat-arsed. If you get rat arsed, I'm sorry, you are asking for trouble. Poll loading … “You've seen the news sequences ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
THIS WEEK: Austin Collings Book Launch
... January 30 from 9pm til late. In an attempt to evoke the rat-arsed spirit of Oliver Reed and Richard Burton and co, the booze will be free for as long it lasts. «The Quietus, Jan 15»
Julian Cope, Glee Club, Birmingham
... mentioned in this ditty about the ancient and continuing lust of people all around the world to be “rat-arsed”. “Psychedelic Revolution” was also given an airing, ... «The Arts Desk, Jan 15»
Geordie Shore spoilers: Can Marnie win back Aaron with 'sexy …
And even Marnie admits that she's "far too drunk", saying: "I should know that sexy dancing doesn't work when you're this rat-arsed." Elsewhere in the episode, ... «Digital Spy UK, Dec 14»
Clockwork Empires Early Access review
A pub so everyone can get rat-arsed. Buildings start of as a blueprint, and can come in whatever shape or size you fancy. Objects both practical, like a stove in ... «PCGamesN, Sep 14»
Bang Said The Gun — stand up poetry
... in his vivid, hallucinatory vision of a universe formed by the “Big Bong”, which culminates in Sad Adam and Christmas Eve getting rat-arsed on reindeer piss. «Oxford Student, Apr 14»
Five types of people to avoid during freshers' week
He's here for the student discount, studies sports science, is incapable of drinking without getting rat-arsed, makes a point of reading tabloids (and little else) and ... «The List, Sep 13»
Scott & Bailey finale suggested there's life in this latter-day Cagney …
The main story centred on disturbed and drunken abuse victim Helen Bartlett (Nicola Walker, relishing getting rat-arsed) abducting boggled-eyed DCI Gill ... «Metro, May 13»
