Can any English word be turned into a synonym for "drunk"? Not all, but many can.
"Drunkonyms fit in well with English linguistic and humorous traditions.”
Source: arstechnica.com
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546 words for getting drunk in English
The English have an enormous vocabulary for describing intoxication. A new report from German linguists Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer (Chemnitz University of Technology) and Peter Uhrig (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) examined why British people have such a large number of words to express the idea of being drunk in a humorous way — so-called "drunkonyms" like “hammered” or
Source: theworld.org
The 546 English words for drunk
A new study by two German linguists has discovered that there are 546 words in the English language to describe being drunk.
Source: thedrinksbusiness.com