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- be one over (the) eight
be one over (the) eight
be one over (the) eight
To be thoroughly inebriated. Primarily heard in UK. I think someone should drive Jerry home, he's one over the eight. I guess I was making something of a show of myself, but I was having too much fun to realise that I was one over eight.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Chauncey | | CHAWN-see | English |
| Donn | | [dɔn] | |
| Azalea | | ə-ZAY-lee-ə, ə-ZAYL-yə | English (Rare) |
| 'Elifalet | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Baruch | | bə-ROOK (English), BER-ook (English), BAR-ook (English), BAHR-ook (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
| Risto | | REES-to (Finnish) | Finnish, Macedonian |