"He's a rough one when he gets whiskeyed up".
Does it mean I could use "whiskey" as a verb to mean being drunk?
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"He's a rough one when he gets whiskeyed up".
Does it mean I could use "whiskey" as a verb to mean being drunk?
No, it means that this is used in the speaker's dialect. The verb in your example is 'to get whiskeyed up', not 'to whiskey'.Quote:
Originally Posted by ostap77
I'd imagine it's only applicable if he's drinking whiskey, but I'm not familiar with the term.
I have heard people say "when he's beered up" or "when he's vodka-ed up" meaning "When he is drunk on beer" or "When he is drunk on vodka". It's certainly colloquial and I wouldn't recommend using it.
I'd say "when he's liquored up" is not uncommon, but that doesn't make it a transitive verb so that you could "liquor" someone.
It's possible, colloquial and context dependent.