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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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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Max Quordlepleen 08/26/01 08:00 PM Re: Amazing! Jackie 08/26/01 10:49 PM Re: Amazing! wow 08/26/01 11:55 PM Re: squiffy Jackie 08/27/01 12:28 AM Re: squiffy tsuwm 08/27/01 03:37 AM squiffy as askew belligerentyouth 08/27/01 07:53 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/27/01 08:02 AM Re: Amazing! of troy 08/27/01 12:07 PM
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