From another thread: The word pissed is used in the UK to signify drunk, whereas it means angry in the US. For angry, in the UK, we would use 'pissed off'.

Is there a technical term for the following kind of joke [apart from weak, dreadful, etc]?
Do rowers get one over the eight?
Do brain surgeons get out of their skulls?

I have more which I won't bore you with (yet-) but I am also interested to know how many of these "drunk" expressions are international or UK only. ["Off to trawl past threads for 'separated by a common language' themes" emoticon]



Rod Ward