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[Paul B. Gallagher]

Charles Mills wrote:

> One meaning I have heard it used in is drunk.  I first heard it on
> Stillavin's radio show (<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkXlktc6RY>).
> So as a translation "shit faced" (American) or "pissed" (UK) might be
> good.

As I'm sure you're aware, AE has dozens of other expressions for this, 
no need to work blue. ;-) drunk, smashed, plastered, wasted, hammered, 
intoxicated, inebriated, loaded, tipsy, etc.

Over here, the BE expression means something completely different 
("angry, upset"), as I'm sure you know, and it is much less intense: you 
can use it on broadcast television where children might hear it. This is 
not true of "shit-faced," which has to be bleeped out.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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