NEW ZEALAND SLANG FOR DUMMIES

Today: Alhocol

Piss
Booze
Plonk
Grog
Turps
Fighting water
Handsome juice
White man's fire water

= Any alcoholic beverage. Not for polite or formal situations, eg at Buckingham Palace with queen Elizabeth II. „My your majesty, this is some excellent piss!" is not correct.
If you say you are on the piss/ booze/ turps etc, this means you are drinking heavily.

Pissed
Boozed
w***ered
a******d
Smashed
Wasted
Ugly
Sloshed
Trolleyed
Streaming
Liquored
F*cked
Maggotted

= Drunk/ inebriated, None of these words are at all polite.
This condition is not recommended, as it can lead to horrible hangovers, regrettable romantic encounters, cancers, fights with police (We're not in Switzerland. In New Zealand, the police will win.), lost wallets, torn clothing, cirrhosis oft he liver, embarassing internet photos, hideous permanent injuries, death and so on.
Sometimes if can be quite fun, of course.

To tear the scabs off a couple
To blow the froth of a couple
To down a few coldies

=To open and drink some beer

The boozer
The pub
The bottle-o
The liquor shop
Weasel's piss

=1. Cheap, low alcohol/poor quality beer eg export gold, kiwi lager
=2. White wine

Beer goggles

=Fictional glasses which you wear while drunk. They make horrible people suddenly look extremely beautiful/handsome/hot

Booze-hound
Alchie
Piss-head
Wine enthusiast

=An alcoholic