Ossified

v.

Heard in Tipperary, Mayo, Cork, Sligo, Galway, Kildare, Longford and Dublin

In a state of extreme intoxication, to the point of being rigid or unresponsive.

In use

I was pure ossified after that feed of pints, I could barely find my way home.

Posh English

I was utterly inebriated following that extensive consumption of ale, to the point that navigation proved quite challenging.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Buck scatteredTo be in a state of extreme intoxication due to over consumption of alcohol. Normally…
  • Drunk as ten dunkeysAn extreme state of inebriation, inevitably followed next day by a monumental hangover…
  • KniptionIn a state of extreme intoxication, or to pass out from drinking.
  • ToytownThe disorienting, cartoonish state of extreme intoxication.
  • State a yaaYou look unwell or in a bad state.
  • At this point in timeNow, at once.