In the 17th century, high jinks were boisterous drinking games. High jinks may be related to the Scottish word jink, meaning “to turn quickly or move nimbly to one side” or “to make a jerky movement, and by extension “to...
English has thousands of slang terms for being drunk, and Paul Dickson has collected plenty of them. College-campus examples include squiffy, schmammered, schwasted, slizzered, and riding in the Tour de Franzia, a drinking game built around...
power hour n. celebratory or recreational drinking in which a shot of alcohol is taken each minute for 60 minutes. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)