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in British slang it means intoxicated; in Australian slang it means askew (according to our friends at OED).
"But o' course he was blind squiffy when he wrote the paper. I hope you explained that?" said Stalky. -Kipling
"I never associated it with an orgy, a term I felt to imply a Roman profusion of grapes, wine, buttocks, breasts, marble chaises-longues, and squiffy laurel crowns." -G. Melly Rum, Bum & Concertina
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Max Quordlepleen 08/26/2001 8:00 PM ![]()
Re: Amazing!
Jackie 08/26/2001 10:49 PM ![]()
Re: Amazing!
wow 08/26/2001 11:55 PM ![]()
Re: squiffy
Jackie 08/27/2001 12:28 AM ![]()
Re: squiffy
tsuwm 08/27/2001 3:37 AM ![]()
squiffy as askew
belligerentyouth 08/27/2001 7:53 AM ![]()
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Max Quordlepleen 08/27/2001 8:02 AM ![]()
Re: Amazing!
of troy 08/27/2001 12:07 PM
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