Brahms

B3R1A1H4M3S1

adjective

Pissed, drunk.

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Meanings

adjectiveBrahms (comparative more Brahms, superlative most Brahms)

comparative more Brahms · superlative most Brahms

  1. CockneyslangPissed, drunk.

    Now if we can all avoid getting Brahms at lunchtime, we'll be fine. Actually that is proving less of a problem the more we gig. No one drinks, snorts or smokes anything (other than fags) before shows.

    2010, Luke James, Stairway to Nowhere, page 39

    Synonyms: drunk

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePissed, drunk.

Similar
drunk
Also see
drunk

Origin

Shortened from the rhyming slang Brahms and Liszt for "pissed".

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APA

Brahms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brahms

MLA

“Brahms.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brahms. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brahms,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brahms.

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