Rotten

n.

Heard in Kerry, Kilkenny, Wexford, Armagh, Sligo, Cork, Galway and Limerick

Very drunk.

He got rotten last night

Posh English

He became quite disgracefully blotto last evening.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Wexford
• Armagh
• Sligo
• Cork
• Galway
• Limerick

Related terms

• Clane work rottenUtterly rotten or completely decayed.
• Clean rottenExtremely bad tasting or thoroughly dirty.
• As drunk as a LordVery drunk.
• Drunk as a skunkTo be so drunk that one flatulates involuntarily, so much so that the vulgar aroma…
• Wallopped drunkExtremely drunk.
• GluggarA bad or rotten egg.