Citations:knurd

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English citations of knurd

Someone prone to or affected by drunkenness
  • 1977, Jack Nero, If Only My Wife Could Drink Like a Lady, CompCare Publications →ISBN
    Me, I like the term "knurd," which, you will deduce, is "drunk" spelled backwards. Shades of Serutan! "Knurd" has a nice sound, something like the dull thunk of a partly deflated basketball bounced against a wall. So now I'm a recovering knurd, [...]
Adjective - very sober
  • Where alcohol can provide a warm glow and pleasant haze that obscures life's little difficulties, being knurd throws them into sharp focus. Samuel Vimes was born knurd, and needs two drinks just to get to sober. [1]
  • (mention only) But urban legend holds that it is the word drunk, backward — knurd — in reference to extreme sobriety. [2]
  • (mention only) Knurd is the opposite of > drunk... not just sober. Really really sober. So sober that the only > way to deal with the universe is to get very drunk again. [3]