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I drink, therefore I am…confused

With the Great American Beer Festival opening the taps tomorrow, the time is right to clear up some lexiconic confusion we're having with Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby. Says he: "Shitcanned is just one of many adjectives I use for drunk." Says we: "Shitcanned" means cut off --...
By Patricia Calhoun
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With the Great American Beer Festival opening the taps tomorrow, the time is right to clear up some lexiconic confusion we’re having with Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby.

Says he: “Shitcanned is just one of many adjectives I use for drunk.”

Says we: “Shitcanned” means cut off — if not kicked out.

What say you?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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