get squiffy

get squiffy

To get drunk. Primarily heard in UK. We had all gotten more than a little squiffy by the time the evening was over. Looking forward to getting squiffy with some mates of mine this weekend.
See also: get, squiffy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • pifficated
  • elephants
  • half seas over
  • elephant's trunk
  • trunk
  • pifted
  • country drunk
  • (as) pissed as a newt
  • nurse a drink
  • (it's) time to go
References in periodicals archive
At first, her answer is to get squiffy and berate Cora for her "crime".
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Those celebration cocktails, however, don't seem too diffy if you want to get squiffy.
best on the box
Posh people get squiffy, get married, have affairs, grow bored, become jaded...
Living the high life with the Cameron crew
We'll all get squiffy tonight then play blind man's buff in the hotel corridors - it's such good fun, most of the rest of the guests decide to stay awake all night too.
Binky Leckers; Spiffing image