rat-arsed

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rat-arsed

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Further development of pissed as a rat, from the British slang pissed (“drunk”), and drunk as a rat, the animal serving as a generic intensifier. Compare similar ratfaced, pissed as a newt, drunk as a skunk, etc.

adjective more rat-arsed · most rat-arsed · ratarsed · rat arsed · ratassed · rat-assed

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, mildly, vulgar Synonym of shitfaced, extremely drunk. I got completely rat-arsed last night and ended up tied naked to a lamp post. I'm not going to do that again.

    Similar: shitfaced, extremely drunk

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@misc{rat_arsed_2026,
  title = {rat-arsed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rat-arsed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}