| 词组 | tired and emotional |
| 释义 | tired and emotional adjective drunk. A barbed journalistic euphemism thought to have been coined, or noted in political use and gleefully adopted, by satirical magazine Private Eye UK, 1981tired and emotionalA semi-polite or humorous euphemism for drunkenness. Primarily heard in UK. I might be mistaken, but Sean's father looked a bit tired and emotional at the picnic, didn't he? You must excuse me, I'm a bit tired and emotional just now. I think I'd best be going home. tired and emotionaldrunk.This is a humorous euphemism, used originally in newspapers in contexts where the word drunk would lay the publication open to a libel charge. It is particularly associated with the British satirical magazine Private Eye. |
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