Squiffed vs Squiffy - What's the difference?
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(informal) intoxicated
*{{quote-book
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, author=J. C. Morris
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, author=Farley Mowat
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, publisher=Houghton Mifflin Books
(British) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy
* 1992, J.B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls , Heinemann, ISBN 0435232827, page 51,
Crooked, askew; awry
* 2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems 1987-2004 , Lulu.com, ISBN 141160895X, page 11,
* 2005, Editors Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition) , Oxford University Press,
Squiffy is a related term of squiffed.
Squiffed is a synonym of squiffy.
As adjectives the difference between squiffed and squiffy
is that squiffed is (informal) intoxicated while squiffy is (british) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy.squiffed
English
Adjective
(-)citation, isbn=0741422778 , page=133 , passage=Her hair streamed down in front of her eyes and her dress was on back to front. Totally squiffed . Leo hustled her into bed.}}
citation, isbn=0395735289 , page=74 , passage=I got all the heavy drinkers squiffed out of their minds}}
References
*2005, Editors Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition) , Oxford University Presssquiffy
English
Adjective
(er)- In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy .
- To this day I cannot and will not wear a tie properly. On the one or two occasions I have worn them since I left school, I've worn them squiffy , on purpose.
- The graphics make your eyes go squiffy .